Author/Illustrator: Debra Frasier
Sage got a cold at exactly the wrong time—she missed school on Tuesday, which is when Mrs. Page always assigns the vocabulary list for the week. That night, Sage called her friend, Starr, to get the word list. Unfortunately, Starr had to hurry because her mom was waiting for her, so she forgot to spell the last word (which sounded like Miss Alaineus). When Mrs. Page called on her in class, Sage gave a definition she thought was at least close, but suddenly everyone was laughing! Luckily, she found a way to turn her humiliating mistake (Miss Stake?) into a great costume for the Vocabulary Parade, and even won a trophy for her original take on "miscellaneous."
This is a fun book, with lots of wordplay in names. The illustrations are in bright colors on notebook paper, and Frasier uses the lines to good effect with stripes and patterns in different orientations. Besides the main storyline, Sage wrote 26 sentences (each using three words starting with one letter of the alphabet--for extra credit) about her dilemma. Sage is a fifth-grader, but the story will resonate with any child who has to write vocabulary definitions.
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