My Best Friend Is as Sharp as a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits

Here's the perfect back-to-school gift for budding artists. Like the creator's previous picture book, My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks, this picture book encourages children to be creative and make their own object portraits. It's a fun activity for home or for the classroom. You can even check out portraits made by other readers in the "kids' gallery" of author Hanoch Piven's Web site, www.pivenworld.com--and while you're at it, send in your own!

Learn how to create a funny librarian, a colorful art teacher, or your best friend by seeing how one girl does it in this simple, playful picture book that's comprised of portraits made of objects. Once the girl has talked about--and drawn--the key figures in her school, she ends with the pièce de résistance--a class portrait!

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Studio
Published: 05/11/2010
ISBN: 9780375853388
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 10.52h x 8.38w x 0.36d

Review Citations: Booklist 03/01/2010 pg. 78
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2010
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 137
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2010 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 137775 / My Best Friend Is as Sharp as a Pencil: And Other Funny Classroom Portraits
Reading Level: 3 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5