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SATURDAYS AND TEACAKES
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Written by
Lester L. Laminack
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Illustrated by
Chris Soentpiet
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Hardcover: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-303-0
Total Pages: 32
Size: 10-1/2 x 10-1/2
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Picture Books, ages 4-8/Fiction/History
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LESTER L. LAMINACK is a specialist in children's literacy and professor emeritus at Western Carolina University. Laminack has written numerous books and articles for educators and is a familiar speaker at professional meetings and reading associations nationwide. He lives in North Carolina.You can visit Lester L. Laminack's website at: www.lesterlaminack.com
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Chris Soentpiet graduated with honors from the Pratt Institute of Art in New York City where he majored in fine arts and minored in education. He has illustrated numerous books for children, including More Than Anything, which was an IRA Notable Book and an ALA Notable Book; Jin Woo; and Silver Packages. A native of Korea, he lives in New York You can visit Chris Soentpiet's website at: www.soentpiet.com
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When I was nine or ten years old I couldn't wait for Saturdays. I got up early, dressed, and rolled my bicycle out of the garage.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
Reading Counts Test #: Q36935
Reading Counts Level: 5.0
AR Quiz#: 75463
AR Reading Level: 4.3
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SO BEGINS AUTHOR Lester Laminack's poetic memory of the adult who made him feel incredibly special--his grandmother. Every Saturday, the narrator, a young boy, rides his bicycle up and down country roads past farms, a graveyard, and a filling station, until he reaches his beloved Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. While she picks tomatoes, he pushes the lawnmower through the dew-wet grass. Afterwards, he always helps her make teacakes from scratch, breaking the eggs and stirring the batter. But the best part, he remembers, is eating the hot, sweet cakes fresh from the oven.
Children will understand the special relationship of the narrator and his grandmother. Set in a small town in the Leave It to Beaver days of the mid-sixties, the story evokes a gentler and more innocent time and place. Young readers will almost hear the sounds of bicycle wheels on gravel and the criiick-craaack-criiick of a metal glider in Laminack's richly detailed prose. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiet's images beautifully capture the relationship and the place, perfectly depicting the simplicity of an earlier time.
Click here to get Mammaw Thompson's teacakes recipe!
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Reviews
"Readers will have a hard time resisting this cover... The impeccably rendered paintings illustrate with astonishing historical accuracy... and capture the details of the time... The author crafted this as a tribute to a childhood tradition with his grandmother, to whom the book is dedicated; while not all of us had his childhood, filled with sunshine and smiles, this nostalgic look back offers up the childhood many of us wish we'd had."Kirkus Reviews "Drawing on his childhood in Heflin, AL, the author splendidly recreates these nostalgic scenes, carefully bringing the memories to life by describing the sunny kitchen, the crunch of gravel under bicycle wheels, and the sweet aroma of the cakes. The brilliant watercolor paintings glow with light and idyllically capture the world of yesteryear."School Library Journal "Illustrator Soentpiet notes that his model is Norman Rockwell, and this picture book, set in rural Alabama in 1964, certainly evokes Rockwell's idyllic visions of family togetherness... the pictures are gorgeous, and the bond between child and grandparent is timeless."Booklist
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Awards
* 2004 Children's Book Sense Picks
* 2005 Annual Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators
* 2005 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List (primary)
* Master Reading List, 2006-2007 Volunteer State Book Award (TN)
* Nominee, 2004 Child Magazine's Best Books of the Year
* Nominee, 2005 Southeastern Booksellers Association Book Award
* Nominee, 2005-2006 Georgia Children's Picture Book Award
* Nominee, 2006-2007 South Carolina Picture Book Award
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