Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly

by Nancy White Carlstrom

Book Overview

Sara's best friend, Miss Lilly, is very old, but it doesn't seem to bother her one bit. She eats ice cream for breakfast, brings birthday bouquets to all the neighbors, and makes plum jelly from her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060210125
• ISBN13: 9780060210120
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Reveiw of Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly

Blow Me a Kiss, Miss Lilly is a wonderful book about a young girl name Sara, who is best friends with an elderly lady named Miss Lilly. Miss Lilly just so happens to live across the street from Sara in a small white house. Sara and Miss Lilly share numerous interests and enjoy one another's company. One day Miss Lilly becomes ill and eventually dies, which is hard on Sara. Losing a best friend is hard. After grieving a while Sara comes to know that Miss Lilly will always be with her through her memories and this comforts Sara and allows her to move on. The subject matter of this beautifully written story includes friendship, old age, and death. The book contains some upper level words such as lavender, afghan, bouquets, etc. It also contains so long words that might prove to be difficult for some students these include neighborhood, remembered, magnifying, etc. Despite these large and possibly difficult words I feel depending on individual students abilities this book would be suitable for 1st or 2nd grade readers. It might even potentially be suitable for an excelling kindergartener. If read aloud by the teacher this book would undoubtedly be suitable for all students grades k-2 or even higher. The book is 30 pages long, but consists of only 16 pages that have written text. The other 14 pages contain pictures only. The length of the book would probably be best suited for students in k or 1st grade, however would be a delightful little book for 2nd graders to enjoy as well. Upper level kindergarten reader should have no troubles with the length of the book as well average first grade readers should have no trouble with the length either. The length of the book would be perfect for an after recess story time or a fifteen to twenty minute story time and discussion. The text consists of several lines and/or paragraphs per page. I don't feel an average first grade reader would have any anxiety over the amount of text per page. Beautifully illustrated pictures nicely complement the text. While some pictures are small others are large. All are wonderfully detail and contain a wide array of eye-catching colors. The illustrator worked beautifully with the stories text to create pictures that complement the text and enable young readers a visual of the story they are engaged in. The developmental level of this text can vary. This book could be developmentally appropriate for various grade levels depending on the maturity of the students as well as the context for which the literature work is presented. As a prospective teacher myself I would probably use this book in the first or second graders for I feel over all that students in these grades on average are developmentally ready for the content of this book. If I felt as though I had a class that might not be ready to engage in this serious of a topic on their own I would use this book at a whole class level. I might even use this book under certain circumstances at the kindergarten level, how

wonderful read-aloud!!!!!!

This is a wonderful book for teachers to read aloud in the primary grades and probably higher. I happened to pick it up to read orally to my first graders, just to fill a few minutes, and my heart was captivated. Definitely, a special book about aging.

A touching look at a friendship with an elderly woman.

This book is magic for anyone who has an elderly neighbor. The simple, yet poignant illustrations take you from the happy times with Miss Lilly to her death. Though it deals with death, the book has a hopeful message at the end.