DEAR WHISKERS
Book ID/图书代码： 08560006B01078
English Summary/英文概要： Jenny is discouraged when her penpal turns out to be a new student from Saudi Arabia who does not speak English very well, but as she works with her they slowly become friends. Jenny is totally uninterested in the assignment given out by her teacher: each student in the fourth grade has to write a letter to a student in the second grade. Jenny has a hard time thinking of what to write in her letter and is disgusted when the reply she gets, from a student name Sameera, is short and boring. However, when Jenny meets Sameera she realizes that the little girl, recently immigrated from Saudi Arabia, is shy and doesn’t speak much English...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当Jenny知道她的第二个笔友正是英语不怎么流利的新同学Saudi Arabia时，心里感到很沮丧，但随着两人相处时间的延长，她们渐渐成了朋友。Jenny对老师布置的家庭作业不是很感兴趣：每个四年级的学生必须写一封信给二年级的同学。Jenny没花什么时间来考虑信里该怎么写，对收到的回信也很反感，她觉得信中的内容简短而又无聊，给她回信的是一个叫做Sameera的女孩。然而，当Jenny与Sameera见面时，她了解到Sameera是从沙乌地阿拉伯移民过来的，非常害羞，英语也很不好...(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：獲獎殊榮
2004年度被提名為 科羅拉多州童書獎
愛荷華州童書精選獎
內華達州青少年讀者獎
Land of Enchantment獎
圖書獎
2003年度入圍德州Bluebonnet獎總名單
同年被提名為羅德島州童書獎
賓夕法尼亞州青少年讀者獎
貝芙莉•克萊瑞童書精選獎Awards and Honors
Colorado Children’s Book Award Nominee, 2004
Iowa Children’s Choice Award Nominee, 2004
Nevada Young Readers’s Award Nominee, 2004
Book Award Nominee, 2004
Texas Bluebonnet Award Masterlist, 2003
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award Nominee, 2003
Pennsylvania Young Readers’s Choice Award Nominee, 2003
Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award Nominee, 2003
Prairie Bud Award Nominee, 2004
Gr 2-4-Fourth-grade Jenny longs to receive the praise that other students hear. As part of an assignment, she must write to a second grader pretending that she is a mouse living in the child’s desk; unlike her classmates, Jenny struggles with the letter. When everyone begins receiving replies from their young pen pals, the girl is first embarrassed by her correspondent’s brief missive, then put out by her pen pal’s lack of interest in writing back. However, Jenny soon discovers that Sameera has just arrived from Saudi Arabia and is not fluent in English. This match was clearly made by an insightful pair of teachers, and before long the two girls become invaluable in boosting each other’s self-esteem. This warm story with a positive message will make a great choice for newly independent readers, as a read-aloud, and as a wonderful introduction to a letter-writing unit.---Leslie S. Hilverding, Schuster Elementary School, El Paso, TX, From School Library Journal
Gr. 2-4. When Jenny’s fourth-grade class writes letters to the second-graders, she is paired with Sameera, a Saudi Arabian girl who knows little English. Though frustrated and discouraged over Sameera’s lack of response to her letters and her overtures of friendship, Jenny perseveres. Finally, she makes a breakthrough that helps them both to feel better about themselves and each other. Vividly re-creating classroom culture, Nagda portrays the seesawing emotions of schoolchildren with empathy and finesse. Stephanie Roth’s expressive illustrations capture the tone and characterization as well as the incidents of the story. A satisfying chapter book for young readers.---Carolyn Phelan, From Booklist
About the Author/作者介绍： Ann Whitehead Nagda是流行文字圖書“Dear Whiskers/珍尼的筆友”的作者，入圍Texas Bluebonnet 獎主名單的“Meow Means Mischief/淘氣小貓咪”，和她最新的一部入圍Land of Enchantment 圖書獎主名單的“Tarantula Power!/狼蛛的厲害！”以及被備受好評的，名為“The Perfect Cat-Sitter/最好的貓管家”。在星級評論中，“學校圖書館雜誌”稱“Dear Whiskers/珍尼的筆友”是專為“最近的個別讀者的最佳上選”她目前居住在科羅拉多州的Bolder。
Ann Whitehead Nagda is the author of the popular chapter books "Dear Whiskers", a Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List title; "Meow Means Mischief", a Land of Enchantment Book Award Master List title; and her latest, "Tarantula Power!", all companion titles to "The Perfect Cat-Sitter". In a starred review, "School Library Journal" called "Dear Whiskers" "a great choice for newly independent readers." She lives in Bolder, Colorado.
Stephanie Roth是“Dear Whiskers/珍尼的筆友”和Colleen O’Shaughnessy McKenna的三年級少兒圖書的插圖作者，“柯克斯書評”稱讚她的藝術插圖“即使人愉悅又富含生動的情感。”她住在加州海岸。
Stephanie Roth is the illustrator of "Dear Whiskers" and Colleen O’Shaughnessy McKenna’s Third Grade series. "Kirkus Reviews" has praised her artwork as "delightful and emotional." She lives on the California coast.
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