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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100618611169
ISBN-139780618611164
eBay Product ID (ePID)46471389
Product Key Features
Book TitleYellow Bird and Me
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSchool & Education, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Social Themes / Friendship, Lifestyles / City & Town Life, Social Themes / Runaways
Publication Year2005
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorJoyce Hansen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.4 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"Smoothly written and easy to read; the language with touches of colloquial black English, has strength and vitality . . . the story is particularly valuable for its emphasis on friendship, generosity of spirit, and seeing what's below the surface." Kirkus Reviews
Grade FromFifth Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
Grade ToSeventh Grade
SynopsisDoris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies and his part in the school play and discovers that he has a problem known as dyslexia., In a sequel to The Gift-Giver, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend. "Smoothly written and easy to read; the language with touches of colloquial black English, has strength and vitality . . . the story is particularly valuable for its emphasis on friendship, generosity of spirit, and seeing what's below the surface." -- Kirkus Reviews, In a sequel to THE GIFT-GIVER, Doris reluctantly starts helping Yellow Bird, the class clown, with his reading problem. To her surprise, Doris finds that in caring for and helping Bird, she develops a new friend.