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Gr 2-4 Clementine, a not-so-common third grader, knows her way around the principals office as well as she does the art-supply closet. Daily rituals take on a different view when seen from her eyes. Shes constantly being told that she needs to pay attention, but to her mind she is paying attention and making astute observations. Whether looking out the window during the Pledge of Allegiance at the janitor locked in an embrace with the lunch lady or dealing with a pesky pigeon...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Third-grader Clementine feels lucky that spectacular ideas are continually "sproinging up" in her brain, but her best friend, parents, teacher, and principal don't see things in quite the same way. In one short but eventful week Clementine finds herself in the principal's office again and again, struggling to explain perfectly reasonable behavior to increasingly impatient adults. Why, for example, can't her frie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More