It continues, she did her homework without being told. Soon she begins to unravel the mystery of her parents strange behavior, gaining many animal friends along the. Lynne jonell is an american childrens books author. Read by lynne jonell and the full cast family 6 cds 6 hours unabridged publisher.
In fact, emmy s parents stop caring about her, and the. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat book trailer twyla begaye. Other activities to help include hangman, crossword, word scramble, games, matching, quizes, and tests. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell. She teaches writing at the loft literary center and lives with her husband and two sons in. It was a fun way to track our progress through the book my boys and i read this book for the intergenerational book club at our church. The facilitator of the book club came up with some really fun activities to go along with our discussion. No, the best thing about the heroine of lynne jonells emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is that emmy develops the courage to. Teachingbooks emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat 2007 about book. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat download pdf. Miss barmy pretends to act in emmy s best interests, but somethings rotten in her rigid regimen.
Emmy tries hard to be good, but no one seems to notice except for the rather sarcastic classroom rat. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat 2007 read online free. This is another book from the massachusetts childrens book award list, and i think its my favorite of the bunch so far. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The rat, whose cage sat on the counter next to emmys desk, was. Lynne jonell is the author of the novels emmy and the incredible shrinking rat and the secret of zoom, as well as several critically acclaimed picture books. On the other hand, he was the only one in emmy s class who would talk to her. Oct 17, 2010 if you love stories of friendship between children and animals, or youre always up for a kid protagonist who outsmarts evil or stupid adults, youll love emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Its got humor, suspense, friendship and a concoction to thwart dishonesty with uproarious side effects. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat emmy and the rat. As a transformed emmy and some new fourlegged friends try to outwit miss barmy and outrun professor vole, the irascible rat turns the tide. Why do emmy s schoolmates hardly notice she exists. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the emmy and the incredible shrinking rat, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. The best thing about emmy is not that shes a good girl.
Reviewed in the united states on november 20, 2012. Minnesota maud hart lovelace book award master list, school library journal best books of the year, indiana young hoosier award master list. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat large print book. After the rat bites her she was for some reason able to talk to the rat. No, the best thing about the heroine of lynne jonells emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is that emmy develops the courage to believe in herself. It isnt that she obeys her nanny or gets good grades. Emmy tried hard to be good, but no one seemed to notice except for the rat. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat lynne jonell. Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodentfriendly, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture book author lynne jonell. What book had jonell just finished reading when she made the decision to become an author. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat audible audiobook unabridged lynne jonell author, narrator. A lonely girl, a cantankerous talking rat, and a nanny who is doing very, very bad things emmy was a good girl. My book is about a girl named emmy who isnt noticed at school, and her parents are always out of town, but one day her classroom pet the rat bites her.
Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat book report form pdf file. Best of all, if after reading an e book, you buy a paper version of emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Ever since her parents became rich, emmy s life has been a lot less funthey disappear on long trips and leave her in the hands of a coldhearted nanny named miss barmy. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat emmy and the rat book 1. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat fullcastaudio. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat powells books. All this begins to change when emmy is bitten by a talking rat. The kids had a blast making their own chinchilla feet. Nov 30, 2015 does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version.
And it certainly isnt that she eats her vegetables. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat free pdf, djvu, rtf, txt. It was a fun way to track our progress through the book. Lynne jonell photo is the author of several picture books.
The rat, whose cage sat on the counter next to emmy s desk, was not so good. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is just the kind of book ill be recommending to the kids at my elementary school. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat audiobook by lynne. And after he bites her finger, emmy thinks she can hear him talkingand even if he is the only one who notices her, he isnt very nice. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat audiobook listen. Books similar to emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat unit with literary and. Books by lynne jonell author of emmy and the incredible. Personal pronouns and a day with emmy thought question and vocabulary all about emmy favorite part of emmy and the incredible shrinking rat subjects and predicates character birthday gift wish list quiz creating activity. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat recorded books. In the book, emmy makes a chinchilla foot out of clay so the facilitator brought some modeling clay and a picture of a chinchilla.
Sophie knows little beyond the four walls of her fathers bookshop, where she repairs old books and dreams of escaping the confines of her dull life. Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodentfriendly, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture book. She lives in plymouth, minnesota her book the secret of zoom was chosen by school library journal as a best book of 2009, and in 2010, president barack obama purchased the book for his daughter. If youre not in k2nd grade i think it would be a great book. A lonely girl, a cantankerous talking rat, and a nanny who is doing very, very bad things. Lynne jonell is the author of the novels emmy and the incredible shrinking rat, emmy and the home for troubled girls, and the secret of zoom, as well as several critically acclaimed picture books. The rat, whose cage sat on the counter next to emmy s desk, was. Recorded books emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. Jan 05, 2008 the rat she freed has the power to make people shrink, and when he accidentally shrinks one of emmys classmates, the trioemmy, the rat, and the nowdiminutive joeembarks on an adventure that leads them to discover a whole rodent city underground, a shrunken but still spry rodent scientist, and the way out of emmys difficulties with the. As you read the book, there are pictures of the rat slowly falling out of a tree. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat emmy and the rat jonell, lynne, bean, jonathan on.
Her challenge increases when the rat freed by emmy, one of the few characters who can hear him talkaccidentally shrinks her to his size. Emmy and the home for troubled girls emmy and the rat. Jonathan bean when emmy discovers that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny with rodent potions that can change people in. Mar 25, 2017 emmy and the incredible shrinking rat book trailer twyla begaye. Free emmy and the incredible shrinking rat study unit worksheets for teachers to print. She is the author of emmy and the incredible shrinking rat and its sequel, emmy and the home for troubled girls. Student handout on literary terms and elements of a story prereading activity setting point of view main idea and details thought questions activities about characters comparison and contrast parts of speech. Lesson plan from friends of the saint paul library. But in spite of its allusions to other classic childrens tales, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is an incredible story all on its own. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. In fact, emmys parents stop caring about her, and the. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell and jonathan bean. Who can resist a mystery about a very good girl, a talking rat, and.
Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat, by lynne jonell, is extremely wellwritten, with bathroom humor, pathos, and believable and sympathetic characters of both the human and rodent kind. Emmy has lived a curious life ever since her parents inherited greatgreatuncle williams mansion and fortune. Free emmy and the incredible shrinking rat worksheets and. Emmy tries her hardest to be good but she can never seem to please miss barmy. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat unabridged audiobook, by lynne jonell. A scene from emmy and the incredible shrinking rat adapted from the novel emmy and the incredible shrinking rat chapter 1, pages 3 8 by lynne jonell, published by henry holt and company, 2007. Seeking the answers to these questions plunges emmy into an adventure beyond anything she could have imagined.
Lynne jonell has 18 books on goodreads with 18786 ratings. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Sep 10, 2007 something along the lines of, its like james and the giant peach meets the perils of peppermints. Many of the characters had realistic personalities and quirks. Audio excerpt from emmy and the incredible shrinking rat sample 2 name pronunciation with lynne jonell.
Click to read more about emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell. Emmy frees the rat, triggering a landslide of fantastical events featuring the conniving miss barmy, cunning professor vole and the antique rat, his mysterious shop filled with rare rodents. Emmy and the incredible shrinking ratby lynne jonell henry holt and company prepared by the minnesota book awardsthe friends of the saint paul public library. In the book, emmy makes a chinchilla foot out of clay so the facilitator brought. Washington sasquatch reading award master list, vermont dorothy canfield fisher award, arizona grand canyon young readers maste, nebraska golden sower award master list.
Lynne jonell teachers writing at the loft literary center in minneapolis, mn. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat 60second book. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat download pdfepub. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat book trailer youtube. This tale turns smoothly on its fanciful premise and fabulous characters. Now emmy s parents spend their time jetsetting, leaving emmy in the notsoloving hands of her very strange nanny, miss barmy. Nouns adjectives verbs personal pronouns subjects and. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell in djvu, rtf, txt download e book. Emmy and the incredible shrinking ratby lynne jonell. Adapted from the novel emmy and the incredible shrinking rat chapter 1, pages 3. Upon learning the truth about her evil nanny, emmy and her new human and rodent friends work together to counteract the rodent potions that have changed her parents personalities and made her life miserable. Hilarious, inventive, and irresistably rodentfriendly, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is a fantastic first novel from acclaimed picture.
She opened a book and bent her head, letting her straight brown hair fall around. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat by lynne jonell had memorable characters, a good mystery and many hysterical moments. Jan 14, 2017 this unit contains thought questions, grammar activities, and literary activities for the book. Lynne jonell emmy and the incredible shrinking rat similar books.
Jonell, lynne emmy and the incredible shrinking rat. No one in school seemed to notice emmy, although she tried hard to be good. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat free pdf, djvu. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat emmy and the rat by lynne jonell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Tenyearold emmy lived happily with her parents in an apartment above their bookstore until an unexpected inheritance changed their lives. The only one who seemed to notice her was the class pet, a rat. The first book in this playful series, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat, was named a school library best book of the year. Now that she had been bitten she could now understand what the rat was saying. Emmy and the incredible shrinking rat 1 by lynne jonell 2008, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Henry holt and company prepared by the minnesota book awardsthe friends of the saint paul public library. And she never talked back to her nanny, miss barmy, although it was almost impossible to keep quiet, some days. Lesson plan from indiana library federation created by indiana library federation view the pdf share. Her books have been named junior library guild selections and a smithsonian notable book, among numerous other honors.
No one notices her at school and her parents are always traveling, leaving her at home with her crotchety nanny, miss barmy. But when it comes to emmy and the incredible shrinking rat, theres not much you can compare the book to. Setting recommendation characters point of view 3rd person emmy is a caring person who likes animals and was bitten by a rude rat in her classroom. May 18, 20 but in spite of its allusions to other classic childrens tales, emmy and the incredible shrinking rat is an incredible story all on its own.
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