The Summer of Stanley

By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Book Overview

When her grandfather gives her a goat named Stanley for her ninth birthday in 1945, Molly is disappointed, especially when Stanley keeps getting into trouble by climbing on the car, eating Mama's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525651772
• ISBN13: 9780525651772
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

A disappointing read with disrespectful characters.

This book based on the description as well as reviews from others really made "The Summer Of Stanley" sound like a sweet gem of a book. Once we read it though I was so disappointed. From a Christian moms point of view, this book promoted so much sibling rudeness and disrespect that was never addressed or corrected by the mother. The book also starts out with the grandfather going over the mother's authority to give the gift of Stanley to Molly. She is clearly not ok with this gift and yet the grandfather ignores her and gives the gift anyways. The mother is not a warm character either and comes off as joyless and visibly annoyed with life's circumstances. Her husband is away at war, but as a Christian I would have liked to see the mother portrayed as still kind and teaching her children through their trial of the children's dad being away, a goat being added to the family as well as dealing with the children's unkind fellowship with one another. Where other readers seemed to finish this book feeling touched by it and eager to reread it I found it off putting and it will be going right into my donation pile unfortunately.

The Summer of Stanley

The Summer of Stanley is written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock.The book is fiction. The main characters in the story are Molly, Tyler and a goat named Stanely. Molly got a goat named Stanley from her grampa for her birthday. Molly does not like Stanley.He eats every thing and gets in trouble. One day Molly and Tyler are left home alone. Tyler goes swimming and gets stuck in the river. Molly can not save him. Stanley went in the water and saved Tyler. I recommend this book. This book was great.

The Summer of Stanley

The story is called The Summer of Stanley. The author is Natalie Kinsey Warnock. The book is fiction. The main characters are Molly, Tyler, and Stanley. On Molly's 9th birthday she got a goat from her grampa. The goat's name was Stanley. Molly did not like Stanley. He always got in touble and ate everything. One day, Molly and Tyler are left home alone when Mama went to visit a friend. Tyler and Stanley went to the river. Tyler went swimming and the current was too strong. Molly could not save him. Molly pushed Stanley into the river and Stanely saved Tyler. I would recommend this book because it is very funny.