Thomas Tuttle Just in Time [Hardcover]

Becky Thoman Lindberg (Author), Nancy Poydar (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Likeable Thomas Tuttle has trouble getting homework done, accidentally disrupts a shoplifter, is rewarded with a book that claims to help him in school, and discovers it requires more than a book to succeed. By the author of Chelsea Martin Turns Green.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-4-Third grader Thomas Tuttle does all his school work at the last minute. When he tries to pass off a Nerf ball as Mars for his solar system project, his teacher warns him that she's not pleased with his progress. The rest of the plot centers around the boy's sincere (and funny) efforts to improve his grades. When the students are asked to dress up as important people from Maryland's history, both Thomas and the class show-off, Beverly Ann, decide to be Francis Scott Key. Thomas's search for a costume; his desperate, last-minute change of plans; and his triumph will keep young readers chuckling. In a satisfying ending, he wins the prize for "most improved student." Occasional black-and-white illustrations add to the text. Children will identify and sympathize with Thomas and enjoy the humorous story.
Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 2-4. Third grade can be difficult enough, but when you're Thomas Tuttle it can be downright frustrating. Thomas is not the most organized person in the world. He may get dressed for the day in clothes from the pile on his bedroom floor or from the dirty-clothes hamper. Class assignments are thrown together 10 minutes before they're due. But this time Thomas is determined to get a good start on his Maryland Day history project and win a prize. Along the way Thomas and his good friend Arthur have a couple of adventures, including inadvertently foiling a shoplifter. Lindberg has made Thomas a real boy we care about. Readers will readily cheer his earnest efforts not to be the class misfit. One blunder that kids are sure to catch is an illustration of a little girl wearing thongs when she's just been denied entrance to a store for being barefoot. Oops! Denia Hester

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 111 pages
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807578983
• ISBN-13: 978-0807578988
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,381,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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