How to behave at a tea party
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062279262
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014.
- Copyright: ©2014.
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Subject: | Etiquette -- Juvenile fiction Tea -- Juvenile fiction Parties -- Juvenile fiction Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction Human behavior -- Juvenile fiction Humorous stories |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Fort Nelson Public Library | E ROS (Text) | 35246000840122 | Children's Corner | Volume hold | Available | - |
Granisle Public Library | EHC ROS (Text) | 35190000200608 | Easy Hardcover Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Kitimat Public Library | E Ros (Text) | 32665002077297 | Easy Reader Hardcovers | Volume hold | Available | - |
Tumbler Ridge Public Library | E ROSEN (Text) | TRL20718 | Junior Picture Books (JP) | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2014 December #2
When throwing a tea party, a host expects certain decorum. However, when Julia invites her younger brother, Charlie, she learns a thing or two about expecting the unexpected. Julia starts her tale by listing party-planning steps. However, things go downhill when Charlie brings a snake to the table, builds a teacup tower, and allows the dog, a frog, and the twin boys from next door to join in. Chaos ensues. After banning everyone and attempting to have a quiet, solitary tea party, a bored Julia eventually understands that "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" and decides to reinvite her guests and enjoy whatever happens. Photoshop digitally composed illustrations leave plenty of white space and feature brightly colored, energetic, and engaging scenes with action galore. Pair this with Caterina and the Perfect Party (2013), by Erin Eitter Kono, to show that being spontaneous can have its rewards. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2015 Spring
A girl named Julia describes, practically through gritted teeth, the proper way to act at a tea party; subterfuge-filled illustrations show her brother and young neighbors doing everything they can to thwart her perfectionism. Julia's voice isn't convincingly childlike, but the message is solid: as Julia realizes by book's end, her propriety is as extreme as the party crashers' behavior. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2014 August #2
With such a mischievous little brother, what's a young hostess to do? As Julia plans and sets up her backyard tea party, younger brother Charles runs rings around and through it with the cute family dog, Rexie. And not far away are the McKagan brothers, redheaded twins with googly eyes, who match Charles prank for prank. They eat the peonies on the table (while Rexie is eating the tablecloth), and one of them stacks the teacups on his head. The metajoke of this book is that the text reads like a set of instructions written by Miss Manners that hint at the chaos shown in the pictures. "You may bring a stuffed animal. And a present. / Do not eat the peonies. Or the tablecloth!" Julia loses her temper and sends the boys away with big angry words that fill the page. But a tea party for one is not much of a party. She reinvites the boys and even allows Rexie to return. Before long, she's playing as rambunctiously as they are, building a rocket ship out of sugar cubes and climbing the big backyard tree. Rosenberg's prose is apt and economical, playing right into the humor of the book's digital illustrations, created with Photoshop. Ross' repertoire of facial expressions is a highlight. Fizzy and sweet if not exactly groundbreaking. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus 2014 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.