Dear Diary

by Sara Fanelli

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

823.914

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Children's Lit & Picture Books

Publication

Walker Books Ltd (2000), Hardcover, 34 pages

Description

An extraordinary fictional diary by a great picture book artist. There are seven different diaries in Dear Diary, each telling the events of one busy day from a different point of view. The first is straightforward enough; it is the account of a young girl called Lucy. She tells of her day at school, taking her dog Bubu for a walk in the park and her parents' party in the evening. The second diary is a little more curious - it is the journal of a chair overturned in the classroom. Next is Spider's Diary, followed by Firefly's Diary, Knife and Fork's Diary, Bubu's Diary and Ladybird's Diary. The book ends with a PS from Lucy. It was a good day, she concludes - and this book will surely receive a similar accolade from readers - young and old.

User reviews

LibraryThing member pstone

A day at school and home told from different points of view. Lucy - student; a chair; a spider; a firefly; a knife and fork; Lucy's dog; and the ladybug Lucy took to school.

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LibraryThing member mmwrigh3

This is a clever account of Lucy's day from very different point of view. The chair that was knocked over, the spider that was on the ceiling, Lucy's dog Bubu, and even the knife and fork that were used at the party Lucy's parents threw. Very cute and engaging. This would be great to show students

that you see things one way and others may see the same thing a different way. Also could be used as an example of creative writing. The illustrations are very interesting and resemble what a true diary may look like with doodles and scribbles.

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LibraryThing member jrlandry1410

This book was...odd. Everything about it was so different. The storyline consists of diary entries of quite a few characters from the story, right down to the fork and spoon used at dinnertime. It starts with an entry from a little girl named Lucy, she tells about her day at school, playing with

her dog, and having dinner with her family. The other entries come from: the chair in the classroom, the spider who was spotted by the chair on the ceiling, the firefly who traveled with the spider, the fork and knife used at Lucy's dinner, Lucy's dog Bubu, the ladybug Lucy took to school that day, and then Lucy ends it with a p.s. at the end. The illustrations are done through collage (making some of the characters quite creepy looking in my opinion), and the words are hand lettered. I suppose I could use it to teach point of view, but I'm not sure that I would as the words are so difficult to make out.

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LibraryThing member ghimbert

This book was different, it would be something to use to teach point of view in writing but it was a little hard to follow especially with the different pictures and handwriting all over the pages.

LibraryThing member krausch

This book was very interesting. I liked how each diary entry was written in s different writing. It was s little difficult to read some of the things because they were so scattered, but that is usually how a real diary is. I would not read this book to a class because of the confusion, but I would

recommend someone to read this book on their own.

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Language

English

Physical description

34 p.

ISBN

0744567564 / 9780744567564

Local notes

Seven diaries each relate the events of one busy day from a different point of view. Lucy tells of her day at school, walking her dog Bubu and her parents' party. Then comes the journal of an overturned classroom chair. Next is Spider's diary, Firefly, Knife and Fork, Bubu and Ladybird's diaries.

Ex-library.