Chapter book · Fiction
Clementine
Sara Pennypacker; illustrated by Marla Frazee
About the book
Third-grader Clementine has a hard week at school and at home, but her inventive mind keeps getting her in — and out of — trouble.
Reading notes
Funny and empathetic about a child whose attention and ideas move quickly.
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Book details
- Author
- Sara Pennypacker
- Illustrator
- Marla Frazee
- First published
- 2006
- Suggested ages
- Ages 6–9 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Developing reader
- Topics
- school, family, humor
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780786838820 · Hyperion Books for Children, 2006 · hardcover
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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