Hallie's horrible handwriting

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Title:

Hallie's horrible handwriting

Author:

Tripp, Valerie, 1951- author.

ISBN:

9781584857648

Publication Information:

Middleton, WI : American Girl, 2003.

Physical Description:

48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Hopscotch Hill School.

Subject Term:

Penmanship -- Fiction.

Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Self-confidence -- Fiction.

Butterflies -- Fiction.

Behavior -- Fiction.

Added Author:

Allen, Joy,

Summary:

Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning.

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Hallie loves school, except for writing. Her letters wiggle and wobble so much, she never wants to practice. When her handwriting almost ruins her butterfly journal, Hallie's had enough. Then some surprise gifts from her friends show Hallie that practice really does make a difference. Illustration.

Author Notes

Valerie Tripp graduated with honors from the first coeducational class at Yale University in 1973. She received a Masters of Education from Harvard University in 1981. From 1974 to 1980, she was a writer for the Addison-Wesley Reading Program. She then became a freelance writer for The Hampton-Brown Company and ELHI Publishers Services creating educational materials for major publishers.

In 1983, Tripp and Pleasant Rowland decided to write a series of books about girls growing up all over the country during some of the most historical events of the past. Rowland envisioned the books as one of the cornerstones of a new company she had just founded called the Pleasant Co. Tripp's first assignment for Pleasant Co. was writing four of the six books about Samantha, a girl in turn-of-the-century America. Tripp then wrote about Felicity, Molly, and Josephina for the American Girls series. Her other works include the Hopscotch Hill School series.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Booklist Review

Reviewed with Valerie Tripp's Thank You, Logan! Gr. 1-2. In the lively, new Hopscotch Hill School series, the kids in the classroom have fun as they learn important lessons from their fabulous teacher. Hallie loves reading, but she has a hard time learning to write. She feels so terrible that she tears up her work. Then her teacher and her kind friends support her and help her develop her skills. It may take a while, but she'll get there. Logan likes taking care of Razzi, the class rabbit; but after she gets a cold and sneezes "big, wet, yucky sneezes," she worries that she'll make Razzi sick. The teacher reassures Logan that rabbits can't catch colds from people but tells her that she must wash her hands and cover her nose and mouth to protect other people from her germs. Allen's energetic full-color illustrations show all the kids in the diverse classroom: Hallie is a pretty redhead in a gorgeous purple outfit; Logan, in muck jeans, splashes cheerfully in the mud. A third title in the series, Bright, Shiny Skylar, centers on an active kid who learns how to focus her energy. The classroom is idyllic, but the problems and their solutions are real; and lengthy appended notes to adults provide excellent advice and suggest activities to nurture children's reading skills and boost self-confidence. --Hazel Rochman Copyright 2003 Booklist

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