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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Really enjoyable book about the power of students and words. Great example of teaching outside the curriculum
This was a re-read for me and was the one that got me hooked on Clements. I like his subversive style.
Nicholas is assigned to do a report on where the words in dictionaries come from. After his report Nicholas decides to invent a word. What follows is how Nicholas and his classmates stand up to their teacher, the principal. How his word doesn't belong to him and gets picked up by the paper and then TV. His teacher thinks every story needs a villain, what do you think?
Nicholas is assigned to do a report on where the words in dictionaries come from. After his report Nicholas decides to invent a word. What follows is how Nicholas and his classmates stand up to their teacher, the principal. How his word doesn't belong to him and gets picked up by the paper and then TV. His teacher thinks every story needs a villain, what do you think?
Yes, this is a book for third graders but I listened to the audio with my son and thoroughly enjoyed the story.
This was a very cute book! I enjoyed reading it and love the way the reader learns why Mrs. Granger acted the way she did.
A normal kid becomes rich all because of war with his teacher and a simple pen/frindle. I loved it I wish some thing like this would happen to me.
So, I read this book as a kid and loved it. I was recently thinking about it, but I thought the title was Prindle (that's from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody), so it was understandable to be confused.
I expected to relate more to the teacher than the kids, due to not being a kid anymore. But honestly? I still related heavily to the kids, but also to Nick's parents who were very neutral on the entire situation. As long as Nick was being respectful to his teachers and still doing his homework, they didn't really care. Afterall, testing out a new word is fairly harmless, right?
The story showed overall though the power of an idea, how people can band together and support something whether or not it's "important." And when Nick admits that he can't stop it, it's not his word anymore... that's beautiful and accurate. It wasn't about the pact they made early on, it was about all the students feeling connected to one another by using the word frindle instead of pen, and feeling connected to something bigger like making a change. That's how the world is changed.
I expected to relate more to the teacher than the kids, due to not being a kid anymore. But honestly? I still related heavily to the kids, but also to Nick's parents who were very neutral on the entire situation. As long as Nick was being respectful to his teachers and still doing his homework, they didn't really care. Afterall, testing out a new word is fairly harmless, right?
The story showed overall though the power of an idea, how people can band together and support something whether or not it's "important." And when Nick admits that he can't stop it, it's not his word anymore... that's beautiful and accurate. It wasn't about the pact they made early on, it was about all the students feeling connected to one another by using the word frindle instead of pen, and feeling connected to something bigger like making a change. That's how the world is changed.
A great quick read as this is a children's book. It felt satisfying to be able to read a book in a single day!
I did not read this when I was younger, but I kept hearing about it recently and decided to pick it up at the library. It is well written, thought out, and allows you to get into the head of a fifth grader. I absolutely love the dynamic between Nick, the protagonist, and Mrs. Granger, his teacher. The ending is so touching and special as well.
I did not read this when I was younger, but I kept hearing about it recently and decided to pick it up at the library. It is well written, thought out, and allows you to get into the head of a fifth grader. I absolutely love the dynamic between Nick, the protagonist, and Mrs. Granger, his teacher. The ending is so touching and special as well.
Nick Allen likes to keep things entertaining and likes to make sure everyone has a good time. So he is the one to enliven the classroom. He is the one to distract the teacher so they don't get homework or have less time for lessons.
He meets his match with the teacher everyone talks about, Mrs. Granger. She loves the dictionary. She loves to make sure the students leave her class having worked to the best of their abilities. She gets Nick thinking about words and where they come from. He decides he will invent a word, frindle, which means pen. He must battle Mrs. Granger who leans towards using words she can find in the dictionary.
Nick learns that sometimes even if he invents something that it sometimes stops belonging to him and has a life of its own.
Fun. Entertaining book. Great for middle grade.
He meets his match with the teacher everyone talks about, Mrs. Granger. She loves the dictionary. She loves to make sure the students leave her class having worked to the best of their abilities. She gets Nick thinking about words and where they come from. He decides he will invent a word, frindle, which means pen. He must battle Mrs. Granger who leans towards using words she can find in the dictionary.
Nick learns that sometimes even if he invents something that it sometimes stops belonging to him and has a life of its own.
Fun. Entertaining book. Great for middle grade.
This was the first book that I read by Andrew Clements, and it was a great introduction. Nick, a Grade 5 student, decides to give a pen a new name ("frindle") after a run-in with his dictionary loving teacher, Mrs. Granger. The result shows how the English language is always changing, as well as how individuals can be the driving force behind this change.