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K-Gr 3—Sophie is back, and so is the beech tree to which she retreats in the Caldecott Honor book When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry (Scholastic, 1999). This time her teacher asks the class to "find a tree you like a LOT. Look at it carefully…. Tomorrow you're going to paint that tree from memory." As she studies her tree, Sophie notes its thick base, how it thins as it reaches skyward and how the branches curve. She even notices how the sun makes the leaves glow. At school, the young artist wants to convey how happy and alive the tree makes her feel, so she pa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In Bang’s now-classic When Sophie Gets Angry…Really, Really Angry, Sophie coped with a volcanic episode of rage by communing with a favorite beech tree; both Sophie and the tree are back in a new book, this one about hurt feelings—although in truth it’s just as much about the creative process and how art functions. Sophie’s teacher gives the class an assignment: “Find a tree you like a LOT. Look at it carefully…Tomorrow you’re going to paint that tree from memory.” Sophie can’t wait: she loves to pain...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sophie from Bang's now-classic <i>When Sophie Gets Angry...Really, Really Angry</i> is back in a book about hurt feelings--and about how art ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More