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A boy overcomes his fear of reading and of the elderly
Nine-year-old Albert loves frogs, and he doesn't really have anything against old people -- he's just so uncomfortable around them, at least when they're sick. "Don't get too old," he writes to his grammy. Feisty Grammy holds her own, but elderly Mr. Spear, who helps Albert with his reading at school, is suddenly felled by a stroke and ends up in the very nursing home that Albert passes reluctantly on his way to and from school. Albert can hardly bear to visit Mr. Spear. Then, when Grammy sends him a book about frogs, Albert's reading reaches a new plateau -- as Mr. Spear had said it would -- and Albert races to the nursing home to share the news with Mr. Spear. Nancy Hope Wilson's pognant story is affectingly illustrated by Marcy D. Ramsey.
Nine-year-old Albert loves frogs, and he doesn't really have anything against old people -- he's just so uncomfortable around them, at least when they're sick. "Don't get too old," he writes to his grammy. Feisty Grammy holds her own, but elderly Mr. Spear, who helps Albert with his reading at school, is suddenly felled by a stroke and ends up in the very nursing home that Albert passes reluctantly on his way to and from school. Albert can hardly bear to visit Mr. Spear. Then, when Grammy sends him a book about frogs, Albert's reading reaches a new plateau -- as Mr. Spear had said it would -- and Albert races to the nursing home to share the news with Mr. Spear. Nancy Hope Wilson's pognant story is affectingly illustrated by Marcy D. Ramsey.
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Nancy Hope Wilson is the author of Becoming Felix, which Kirkus Reviews called a "sensitive and beautifully told tale." She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Marcy D. Ramsey is a popular children's book illustrator. She lives in Chestertown, Maryland.
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Marcy D. Ramsey is a popular children's book illustrator. She lives in Chestertown, Maryland.
In this poignant story, a young boy overcomes his fear both of reading and of the old people in a nursing home. "Wilson artfully brings these generations together in a novel in which both the young and old find and supply empathy and support. Ramsey's full-page, black-and-white drawings effectively capture the mood of the story." --School Library Journal
"Fourth-grader Albert has always been a little afraid of the Pine Manor Nursing Home, which he passes on the way home from school; the residents wave at him, but he jusy can't relax until he's well past it. When Mr. Spears - a school volunteer - has a stroke, he can no longer live alone, and moves into Pine Manor. Albert's wish to share his newfound ability to read with the elderly man helps him overcome the fear of the home." - Kirkus Reviews
"Fourth-grader Albert has always been a little afraid of the Pine Manor Nursing Home, which he passes on the way home from school; the residents wave at him, but he jusy can't relax until he's well past it. When Mr. Spears - a school volunteer - has a stroke, he can no longer live alone, and moves into Pine Manor. Albert's wish to share his newfound ability to read with the elderly man helps him overcome the fear of the home." - Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0374456151
- ISBN 13 9780374456153
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- Number of pages64
- IllustratorRamsey Marcy D.
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