Maybe She Forgot - Hardcover

Kandoian, Ellen

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525650318 ISBN 13: 9780525650317

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1990

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When her mother is late picking her up from dance class, Jessie fears that she has been forgotten

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From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-- Readers will empathize with Jessie as she anxiously waits for her mother to retrieve her after her first dance class. She does not observe the unexpected obstacles hampering her mother's arrival that readers see and fears, "maybe she forgot." The watercolor illustrations, which could tell the story without the simple text, realistically capture the passing of time. While they include a minimum of detail, there's plenty of motion, and the shadowing is effective in making the viewing interesting. Kandoian gently tugs at universal emotions, particularly the moment when the phone call remains unanswered and tears riddle Jessie's face. The children and adults are a multicultural mix. Also, the inclusion of males in the dance class provides a positive view of activities for both boys and girls. A first choice. --Carolyn Vang Schuler, Monroe County Library System, Rochester, NY
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From Publishers Weekly:

It's bound to happen at least once per childhood: a parent is late picking up a child from some activity, and that child is sure he or she has been abandoned. Kandoian picks up on this universally experienced fear in a sweetly told, expressively illustrated story. At the end of Jessie's first dance class, the other children's parents arrive to collect them one by one, until only a tearful Jessie remains. Meanwhile, readers have been made privy to the string of unforeseen events (a traffic jam, a flat tire) that prevent Jessie's mother from arriving on time. Of course mother and daughter are happily reunited in the end, and Jessie's mother assures her that she could never forget her. Neither didactic nor saccharine, Kandoian's story calms youngsters and clarifies a common situation fraught with anxiety. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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