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Booktalk
#1
Beverly Billingsly is so excited
to have her very own library card. She spends much time searching for that
special first book to take home. After finally finding a book she loves
about dinosaurs, she checks it out and takes it home. Beverly reads that
book every day and everywhere, but when she finishes she realizes the book
is a day overdue. She is frantic and worries what will happen to her. Will
she go to jail or owe lots of money? Will she ever be allowed to borrow
a book again? What a predicament for book loving Beverly Billingsly.
(Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania
Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2004-2005)
Booktalk #2
“Is today the day?” That Tuesday
when Beverly Billingsly went to the library with her mom was “THE DAY”.
The day she was to get her very own library card. Beverly was ready for
the challenge of finding just the right books, she was ready for the enjoyment
of reading about her favorite subject, DINOSAURS, but she was not ready
to return her books when she realized they were already due and she was
going to be late returning them. Her friend, Sheila Rose Hoffstetter didn’t
make it much easier on her when she told her she would have to pay a lot
of money like a thousand dollars. Better yet, Carlton Chlomsky told
Beverly about a “mother’s friend’s cousin’s brother who was late with a
library book, and he went to jail.” To find out if Beverly
pays the maximum fine or gets thrown in jail, you simply should savor the
significant story of Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book! (Prepared by: Laura
Linder, SCASL Picture Book
Awards) |
