Today's featured book, is a very unusual book, in that has a book inside a book. There is one author who is really two authors. Confused??? The adult author is writing a memoir about when he was younger and wrote his first book. His younger self is co-author of this book and his original work is included in the final story."Billy's Booger" by William Joyce and his younger self, Billy Joyce
Accelerated Reading Level: 3.5
For young Billy, school really wasn't his thing. He loved drawing and doodling and had a very active imagination. Included in the drawings are examples of his school work where he turned the most mundane things into a piece of art. School just wasn't his thing. (I'm sure if you been teaching for awhile, you can think of at least a few other students who were like Billy!) One day he hears about a book writing contest and exciedly decides to enter. He checked out all kinds of books from the library and got to work. Eventually, his book was finished. The topic? His green buddy - the booger. His entire book is in the middle of this memoir. Billy doesn't win the writing contest, but he does become a winner in the most important way possible --- acceptance by his peers and he is launched into his adult career as a writer.
This book would be a fine addition to a memoir collection as well as a character education book.
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