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The Magical Ms. Plum by [Bonny Becker, Amy Portnoy]

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The Magical Ms. Plum Kindle Edition

by Bonny Becker (Author), Amy Portnoy (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 9 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    114 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    4 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    600L
  6. Publisher
    Knopf Books for Young Readers
  7. Publication date
    August 31, 2009
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    Enabled
  9. Word Wise
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  10. Enhanced typesetting
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  11. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  12. ISBN-13
    978-0375856372
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Ms. Plum is the best teacher at Springtime Elementary School: after a year with her, every student in her class has blossomed. The secret is in the supply closet. Whenever students open it to replenish Ms. Plum’s chalk or pencils, they discover an animal that fits in with their personality: Tashala, a cowboy wannabe, finds a stallion; smarty-pants Eric discovers a mind-reading parrot. Each critter is instrumental in teaching the children something important about themselves. The children can never decide if Ms. Plum is magical or if it is the closet itself that is enchanted. In the end, it doesn’t really matter. Just like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Ms. Plum weaves a kind of magic that is tailor-made to each child. And just like all great teachers, she knows how to help students get the best out of themselves. This book will have readers wishing and searching for a Ms. Plum in their own lives. Grades 2-4. --Kara Dean --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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The next morning, the sun rose just as it should. And at 8:48 a.m., Ms. Plum stood at the front of her classroom, her hands resting neatly before her as her new students scuffled and tumbled into class.

They looked at her and quickly looked away again, not wanting to show how excited or curious (or even a little scared) they were.

Nearly every student at Springtime Elementary knew there was something about Ms. Plum’s class. But the kids who had her in other years never said much. In fact, if you asked about her, funny things seemed to happen to their mouths. Their lips would open and shut, twist and turn, and finally something would pop out, like “We learned a lot about hermit crabs.” But they would have this smile. A secret kind of smile, and suddenly, more than anything, you wanted to be in that class.

It was true Ms. Plum had a nice sort of tidiness about her. Her gray-blond hair sprouted up like wings behind her ears. Her plum-colored glasses, perched on her large, friendly nose, sprigged up into sparkly points. The eyes behind those glasses were a light brown color and as bright as a sparrow’s. But it had to be more than her friendly look, didn’t it?

Today, as the students settled into their new desks, Ms. Plum welcomed them to class and began to call roll. As the students raised their hands, Ms. Plum paused, studied each child, then wrote something on her list.

“Now then,” she said, smiling with bright-eyed interest. “Who wants to get me a pencil?”

Nadia was afraid to raise her hand.

Mindy Minn was carefully arranging her things in her desk.

Why bother? thought Jeremy. Why bother with anything at all?

She should have a pencil already. Teachers are supposed to have pencils, thought Becky Oh.

Darma gnawed at the bug bites on her knuckles.

Jovi didn’t understand the question.

Eric was trying to get Brad’s attention.

Brad and Tashala were too busy arguing to notice anything.

Carlos raised his hand, because offering to help the teacher showed them right away that you were one of the smart ones.

But Ms. Plum pointed at Tashala and said, “Tashala, could you get me a pencil, dear?”

Tashala, looking a little startled, stopped arguing and stared at her teacher. Ms. Plum cocked her head, her sparkly glasses catching the sunlight. She nodded toward the closet.

Tashala stood up, went to the closet, opened the door, and stepped inside.

And so began another year of Ms. Plum. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002NEOKB6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1st edition (August 31, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 31, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1020 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 114 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 106 ratings

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I like a bit of chaos and lots of time to think and dream. One of my earliest dreams—to be a writer—came true. But before I published my first book, I went to college—twice. I have a degree in Psychology and a degree in English/Creative Writing. I’ve worked picking fruit, made ski goggles, was a waitress, store clerk, substitute teacher, hotel maid, typist, photographer, journalist, editor and corporate communications manager. Along the way, I met a wonderful man in the vitamin aisle of a grocery store, got married and had two wonderful children.

In my time, I’ve been an artistic lizard, lazy ant, annoying robot and a little girl with a hungry crocodile on her hands. A little bit of me is in every book I write.

The hungry crocodile in The Christmas Crocodile came from the hungry puppy that wriggled into my arms one Christmas morning. And the wacky family in the book? Well, I do have four sisters and one brother.

My newest books, the Mouse and Bear series, just popped into my head–just popping up is a bad habit of Mouse, it turns out. But there are exuberant Mouses and reluctant Bears all over my life and I bet yours, too.

The Magical Ms. Plum is the teacher I would have loved to have had in the third grade when I dreamed of having magical adventures.

Holbrook: A Lizard’s Tale, is the story of a lizard who longs to be an artist. But no one in his small home town appreciates him, so he travels to the big city to get discovered. As a kid who longed to be a great writer someday, there’s more than a little of Holbrook in me.

An Ant’s Day Off is about the first ant ever to take a day off-came to me one busy, hurried day when I just couldn’t seem to get enough done. I longed to just lie in the grass with nothing more to do than watch clouds passing by in the sky.

My Brother the Robot was inspired when my daughter nearly missed her race at a swim meet. She felt so bad, it got me thinking about what it would be like to do everything perfectly like, say, a robot.

I now write full time and speak at various conferences where I get to help other writers bring their stories to life.

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