Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780380793471 (0380793474)
Publish date: March 9th 1999
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Humor,
Funny,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels
Series: Regarding the...
This book is filled with all kinds of opportunities for teaching! There are science facts, letter writing, and letters about places from all over the world! This book has too much information to share it all! Using this book as a class reading will open up the possibilities for the teacher to teach ...
Contrived, overwrought and clunky, this slight book has some few redeeming moments of cuteness. Aimed at 5th graders, it strikes me as far too simple for them. Ostensibly a mystery, it will be a rare 5th grader who doesn't figure it out early on.
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