Librarian teacher discusses children's books. Students are encouraged to contribute their own book review or short summary of fiction or nonfiction books. This blog is of interest to 3rd through 6th graders.

A Crooked Kind of Perfect


Linda Urban tells this tale in the voice of ten-year-old Zoe who would just LOVE a piano but her father bought her an organ. Despite that let-down, she does practice the organ and is even going to compete in a weekend organ competition. Many unusual circumstances add to the funny predicaments in her life, such as a father who doesn't like to go out in public and a mother who works too much. And how would you like it, if a boy who picked on you in school started coming over to your house after school?