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Available
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Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (1969), Edition: Ex-library, 48 pages
Description
A skeptical judge discovers that the five people he had put in jail were telling the truth after all.
User reviews
LibraryThing member DianaHarger
Five different witnesses appear before the same judge to tell their recollection of a monster they have seen. The judge doesn't believe a word they say, and demands they be locked up. After the final prisoner pleads his case, and is locked up, the judge comes face to face with the "monster", and
At times, in my own life, I don't necessary believe, or agree with advice friends, or family is giving me. For example, my parents give me advice on monsterous issues I face. I realize after facing the monster in the certain situation that I should have listened to their advice.
Some ideas I thought of for incorporating this story into a classroom setting are to have students play out a make-believe trial in the class mocking the trial in this story. Another idea is to have students draw the scariest monster they can imagine.
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discovers his own fate.At times, in my own life, I don't necessary believe, or agree with advice friends, or family is giving me. For example, my parents give me advice on monsterous issues I face. I realize after facing the monster in the certain situation that I should have listened to their advice.
Some ideas I thought of for incorporating this story into a classroom setting are to have students play out a make-believe trial in the class mocking the trial in this story. Another idea is to have students draw the scariest monster they can imagine.
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LibraryThing member jlsherman
Nice book along the lines of "The House That Jack Built"
LibraryThing member JenReadBook
A story about a Judge who refuses to listen to the defendants and labels them unjustly. He gets what is coming to him in the end. A VERY funny book. One of my childhood favorites.
LibraryThing member aduckwiler
Summary: This book is about five individuals that are brought before a judge and found guilty because they spoke of something that no one believed. In the end the judge believes.
Personal Reflection: I was reading this book to my three year old since he wouldn't allow me to read it to myself and in
Extentions:
1) Classroom discussion about respecting others and there beliefs.
2) Writing/ Art assignment, before during and after.
3) Journal personal experiences with similar situations, or about what the student was thinking as the book was being read.
Personal Reflection: I was reading this book to my three year old since he wouldn't allow me to read it to myself and in
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the end he didn't get it but he enjoyed being read to. There is a right age and a wrong age for this book but over all a good book. It would be a great conversation starter. Extentions:
1) Classroom discussion about respecting others and there beliefs.
2) Writing/ Art assignment, before during and after.
3) Journal personal experiences with similar situations, or about what the student was thinking as the book was being read.
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LibraryThing member courtneywatkins
five people are sent in front of a judge for telling a story about a horrible creature that is coming to town. The judge does not beleive them and sends them all to jail. It turns out that at the end of the story the prisoners were telling the truth and the horrible creature ends up eating the
This was the first time that I have read this book. I liked how the story went with each person adding an discription to the montster. I was very suprised with the ending and I am not sure that I would read it to the younger crowd.
classroom ideas:
1)have the class write a story on a time they were telling the truth but no one believed them.
2)using the discriptive words in the story draw your own picture of what the creature should look like.
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judge.This was the first time that I have read this book. I liked how the story went with each person adding an discription to the montster. I was very suprised with the ending and I am not sure that I would read it to the younger crowd.
classroom ideas:
1)have the class write a story on a time they were telling the truth but no one believed them.
2)using the discriptive words in the story draw your own picture of what the creature should look like.
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Subjects
Awards
Caldecott Medal (Honor Book — 1970)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1969
Physical description
48 p.; 10.3 x 8.19 inches
ISBN
0374339600 / 9780374339609