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When the jar that Donavan keeps his word collection in fills up, he finds a special way to give his words away and get something wonderful in return
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Monalisa DeGross wrote Donavan's Word Jar and Granddaddy's Street Songs. She works at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore as Project Manager of the Family Reading Circle, where she meets and observes children of all ages. Ms. DeGross lives in Baltimore, Maryland, near her children, Donavan and Nikki, and her grandchildren, Shaundrea, Annalisa, and August. In addition to her work as an author, she is also a locally celebrated playwright.
Gr. 2-3, younger for reading aloud. Some of Donavan's friends collect marbles or coins or comics or buttons. He collects words. He writes down words he finds--from ballyhoo blazing across a billboard to nutrition on the cereal box--and keeps them all in a jar. When the jar is full, he asks his parents, his third-grade teacher, and his grandma how to keep his words safe, until he realizes that words are meant to be shared. The message in this first chapter book is upbeat, almost a fable at times, with echoes of the mythic genie in a jar; but the story is also rooted in the everyday world of Donovan's affectionate African American family. Above all, the words themselves are a delight: silly words such as squabble and bamboozle, soft words like hush, mysterious words like hieroglyphic, people words like cantankerous. The words surprise you with their sound and their meaning. Kids will see that language is play and that it makes people a community. The many full-page illustrations were not seen in galley, but the warm cover will pull readers in. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherHarpercollins Childrens Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0060201908
- ISBN 13 9780060201906
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages71
- IllustratorHanna Cheryl
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