She is kind to the point of chopping off all her own curly red hair in an effort to make her best friend Margaret feel better after a glue accident in art class! She calls her three-year-old brother by a variety of vegetable names including Cabbage, Broccoli, and Radish, and she is acutely aware that, in her family, she would not be considered “the easy one.”Ĭlementine’s stories are roll-on-the-floor hilarious, and Marla Frazee’s black ink drawings perfectly capture Clementine’s cheerful personality. She wants to be an artist, is excellent at noticing things and is saving up to buy a gorilla. Spectacularful ideas are always springing up in Clementine’s brain. In spite of her good but misunderstood intentions, she gets into all sorts of trouble at school and frequently finds herself being sent to the principal's office for her misadventures. Tags: first chapter books realistic fiction illustrated comedy & humour school friendshipĮight years old, artistic and impulsive, Clementine has flaming red curls and an unintentionally devious streak.
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