Marla Frazee
Clementine
Sara Pennypacker and Marla Frazee have created a quirky, hilarious, and altogether unforgettable character in Clementine.
Written by Sara Pennypacker | 0-7868-3882-5 | Disney–Hyperion
Awards
- Starred reviews in Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal
- New York Times Bestseller
- A Nick Jr. Best Book of the Year
- A Child Magazine Best Book of the Year
- A New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing
- Selected as a Top 20 All Time Favorite Children's Book by the NYC Public Libraries
- A National Parenting Publication Gold Award Winner
- A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
- A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
- A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year
- Bank Street College November 2006 Monthly Pick
- No. 2 of Book Sense Children's "Top Ten" Titles for Winter 2006/2007
- 2007 ALA Notable Book
- 2007 Quill Book Award Finalist
- Winner of the Josette Frank Award by the Bank Street Book Committee
- 2007 Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor
- Nominee for SCIBA Book Award 2007
- SCBWI Sid Fleischman Award for Humor
- California Young Reader Medal Nominee
- Virginia Young Reader Medal Nominee
- 2008 Great Lakes Great Book Award Winner
- 2008 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Winner
- Winner of the 2009 Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award
Reviews
Kirkus ★
“Middle-grade readers will sympathize with Clementine's conflicted feelings about her friend and her family, and laugh out loud at her impulsive antics, narrated in a fresh first-person voice and illustrated with plenty of humor. Give this to readers of Cleary and Blume and cross your fingers for more.”
Publishers Weekly ★
“'I have had not so good of a week,' begins the irrepressible narrator of this winning caper. Fans of Judy Moody will welcome this portrait of another funny, independent third-grader.”
School Library Journal ★
“Frazee's engaging pen-and-ink drawings capture the energy and fresh-faced expressions of the irrepressible heroine. A delightful addition to any beginning chapter-book collection.”
Booklist
“Clementine is an ingenuous third grader with a talent for trouble and a good heart.”
The Toronto Star
“Pennypacker's genius knack for tantalizing comic timing and expressive turns of phrase is augmented in no small way by Frazee's equally comic, expressive illustrations.”
