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Andrea U'Ren

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2+ verk 147 medlemmar 10 recensioner

Verk av Andrea U'Ren

Mary Smith (2003) 93 exemplar
Pugdog (2001) 54 exemplar

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Stormy's Hat: Just Right for a Railroad Man (2008) — Illustratör, vissa utgåvor33 exemplar

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The famous knocker-upper that I just learned about Mary Smith is the funniest and coolest story I have read yet. She wakes up before the sun is up and shoots dried wrinkly peas to sleeping peoples windows, and she continue to through peas until they get out of bed, turn on their light, and say they are up (I need an alarm clock like that). This story shows the unknown story of the past that no one knew they needed to know. When Mary Smith has woken up everyone in town she proudly walks home, just to see that her own daughter is still in bed! The story ends in a very funny way of the mother teacher her daughter how to shoot peas, and the last page has a very short history on the amazing and important job of a knocker-up.… (mer)
 
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ValRodriguez | 3 andra recensioner | Apr 23, 2019 |
Mary Smith is a woman who wakes up hours before dawn to wake everyone in the town with a straw and a pea. She blows into her straw and blows the peas to wake up the people. At first, I thought why would someone be responsible to do this? How does she wake herself up? But when I read the informational text after the book, I learned that people back in the day hired someone to wake them up. In the end of the book, Mary Smith's daughter gets in trouble by accidentally shooting a pea to her teacher. I do not think I would read this to my kids because I would not want them to think it is OK to shoot anything from a straw because it is now mostly frowned upon.… (mer)
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cynthiahurtado | 3 andra recensioner | Apr 22, 2019 |
this story is a biographical attempt explainig what Mary Smith's job was in her village. This story tells young readers how the world managed before all these electronics and invention. this is an enjoyable book with beautiful illustrations.
 
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noorkazmi | 3 andra recensioner | Apr 21, 2019 |
Mike gets Pugdog, and from day one they are best friends. Every day they go to the park, eat dinner and cuddle. After Pugdog gets hurt Mike brings him to the vet just to find out that Pugdog is a girl. Mike feels sorry for treating Pugdog like a boy all this time. He tries to change the things they do to more girly things but in the end, finds out Pugdog is happy just the way things where.
 
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ktgordon | 5 andra recensioner | Nov 9, 2017 |

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2
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Medlemmar
147
Popularitet
#140,982
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
10
ISBN
4

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