It's Snow Joke!

by Nancy E. Krulik

Book Overview

For use in schools and libraries only. Third grader Katie Carew, nicknamed Katie Kazoo by the class bully, had no idea what would happen when she wished she could be anyone but herself. Now her wish... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448443961
• ISBN13: 9780448443966
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

One of our favorites

The "Katie Kazoo" series is about an elementary age girl who received a granting of her wish to be someone else. In each book in this series she experiences (temporarily) a change into someone else, and during the period of change she usually creates a conflict that she has to work to resolve after she turns into Katie again. My daughters (similar in age to Katie) love these books and usually consume them in a single day (or a single sitting). The conflict is low-grade and typically funny or light-hearted. "It's Snow Joke" is about Katie turning into a ski instructor. During that short time, she messes up so royally that the real instructor's job is at stake. As Katie again, she has to find a way to salvage the situation. One of our favorites.

The next Junie B!

If you know a young reader who just loves the Junie B. Jones series but finds them to be a little easy to read, then you'll want to introduce them to Katie Kazoo. My daughter had devoured the Junie B series by the beginning of second grade. Then we found Katie Kazoo. THe books are written on a second or third grade reading level. In each book, Katie switches places with someone and gets to experience life from another character's point of view. These situations can be a good jumping off point for parents as they try to teach their children empathy and putting themselves in someone else's shoes.