Raising Sweetness (Picture Puffins) - Softcover

Stanley, Diane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0698119622 ISBN 13: 9780698119628

Publisher: Puffin Books, 2002

Synopsis

The lovable heroine of Saving Sweetness is back, and she's spunkier than ever! Fed up with the kindhearted sheriff's bumbling attempts to make a home for them, Sweetness and the other orphans decide that it's time to find the sheriff a wife. And when a mysterious letter arrives one day, Sweetness thinks it might hold the solution to their problems. Only problem is, none of them can read the letter to find out! So once again, it's up to Sweetness to save the day. With a rollicking rhythm and hilarious illustrations that capture the spirit of story, this is a sequel that's just as satisfying as the first book.

About this title

From AudioFile:

Young Sweetness, Diane Stanley's lovable orphan, is back! Now that her adopted dad, Tex, has taken in the orphans, Sweetness sets her sights, unbeknownst to him, on reuniting him with his long lost love. Reading is key to her goal, and the place to be is the local school. Sweetness is undaunted when the teacher turns out to be Mrs. Sump, the former mistress of the orphanage. One could not ask for a better narrator for this tall tale than Tom Bodett. His pace is easy and his twang perfect. Neither Tex's cooking nor his letters written on soap wrappers can faze Bodett. As he spins this story, take time to savor Brian Karas's fine illustrations. A.R. 2004 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3--In Diane Stanley's delightful sequel (Putnam, 1999) to Saving Sweetness(Putnam, 1996), little Sweetness is no longer an orphan. She, and the other orphans, were all adopted in the first book, and now things should all be maple syrup and hotcakes. Well, things are, but syrup doesn't really belong on potatoes, if you get my drift. Their new pa is a well-meaning man, but he is somewhat flawed when it comes to the basics of day-to-day survival with children. The kids are quick to catch on that this man desperately needs a wife who can teach him that forks aren't for combin' hair and peanut butter doesn't really go with spaghetti. Not that they're complainin', mind you. Things are better than they were, but they could be better yet and, with Sweetness's help, they will be. This old-west story, with a touch of the tall tale, is read in a slow and easy fashion by Tom Bodet, who handles the first-person narrative with just the right level of cluelessness. Appropriate background music and occasional sound effects augment the presentation. Younger children will enjoy the story, while older ones will catch all the tongue-in-cheek humor. Teachers will delight in the wordplay. This story has more figurative language than a hound dog has fleas. All in all, this is a delightful production that's good for just plain listening, and for seeing good writing in action as well.--Teresa Bateman, Brigado on Elementary School, Federal Way, WA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0698119622
• ISBN 13: 9780698119628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Karas G. Brian