Simon and Molly plus Hester: Read Aloud Grade K (Journeys) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0547010354 ISBN 13: 9780547010359

Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 2009

Synopsis

When Hester enters the picture with her new ideas and different likes, best friends Simon and Molly find their relationship strained as Simon finds it difficult to make certain compromises for their new three-way friendship.

About this title

About the Author:

Lisa Jahn-Clough has written and illustrated a number of books for young children, including Alicia Has a Bad Day; My Friend and I; Missing Molly; Simon and Molly Plus Hester; On the Hill; and Country Girl, City Girl. She has taught at Maine College of Art and the Vermont College Writing for Children and Young Adults program. 
 

From Booklist:

Ages 3-5. Thick paints daubed on with childlike simplicity portray best friends Simon and Molly riding a two-wheeler, sharing buttered toast, and playing together everyday-- "until Hester moved in." Hester injects a third person into the friends' well-worn patterns: Hester prefers her toast with cinnamon sugar, and she would rather fly paper airplanes than ride a bike. Crouching alone in a corner of a deeply gray double-page spread, Simon worries: Molly likes Hester better than him. But it turns out to be Molly who melds the three into an inseparable unit; she encourages Simon to teach Hester to ride a two-wheeler, and in exchange, Hester shows Simon how to fold paper airplanes. Then all three enjoy toast with cinnamon sugar. Modeling the best that friendship can be, these three playmates set a fine example of sharing and caring. Ellen Mandel
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About this edition

• Publisher: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0547010354
• ISBN 13: 9780547010359
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32