Song Lee and the I Hate You Notes

by Suzy Kline, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)

Overview

When Song Lee--the nicest person in Room 2B--starts getting nasty notes, everyone is shocked. Then Song Lee comes up with a creative way to teach the note sender a lesson he or she won't soon forget.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101174265
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	03/19/2001
Series:	Song Lee Series , #4
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Lexile:	520L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Suzy Kline, the author of nineteen previous Horrible Harry books and four books about Song Lee, lives in Willington Connecticut with her husband, Rufus. Suzy and Rufus have been married for thirty-eight years. They met in the state where they both grew up: California. Suzy grew up in Berkeley and Rufus in Sacramento. Suzy graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in European history. She met Rufus at the Davis campus while attending that campus for a year. They got married and lived in different places, including Canada, before settling into Connecticut, the state they now call home.

Suzy taught in 5th and 6th grades at Shannon Elementary School in Richmond, California for 3 years, and 2nd and 3rd grades at Southwest Elementary School in Torrington, Connecticut for 24 years before retiring this past June. She now enjoys writing full-time and visiting schools and libraries. The couple share their home with two cats, Teeter and Hoag. They have two daughters, Jennifer and Emily, and four grandchildren: Jake, Kenna, Gabby and Saylor. A fifth grandchild is due in September, 2006. Suzy's mother just turned 96. She dedicated her most recent book, Horrible Harry Takes the Cake to her.

Suzy and Rufus enjoy attending UConn football and basketball games, and Suzy uses the UConn library as a reference for her writing facts.

 

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-3The saga of Song Lee and her classmates, now in third grade, continues. This time, perpetually pouty Mary has it in for Song Lee, who is the nicest person in [the] class. When Song Lee laughs at her during a game of garbage-can kickball, Mary retaliates by sending her nasty notes. After Harry clues Miss Mackle in, she gently leads all of her students in a discussion about hateful missives. Song Lee applies her own creative hand to note writing, and emotional order is restored. Kline has her finger on the pulse of third graders, and realistically portrays their social interactions and problem-solving skills. The language and perceptions of Doug, the narrator, are right on target. Remkiewiczs black-and-white drawings accentuate the full range of the characters emotions.Pat Leach, Lincoln City Libraries, NE Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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