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Lois Lowry, The Willoughbys

Page history last edited by Lisa Gordis 15 years, 11 months ago

Bibliographical information:

 Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. New York: Walter Lorraine Books, 2008.

 

Brief summary:

In this send-up of "old-fashioned" children's literature, the Willoughby children concoct a plan to become orphans just as their parents devise a plan to rid themselves of their children.

 

Comments:

Hilarious! I imagine that children appreciate this on different levels, but as long as they can appreciate that the book is making fun of something, they can feel like they're in on the joke.

 

Grade/Age level:

 Middle school or precocious elementary school (a seven-ish-year-old told me she was enjoying it)

 

Cautions:

Not for the very, very literal

 

If you like this book, you might also like . . .

Anything by Roald Dahl

--Shoshana Flax

 

 

 

Comments (1)

Lisa Gordis said

at 6:24 am on Jun 17, 2008

My fifth-grader really enjoyed this.

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