Magical Monty

Magical Monty

Magical Monty

Magical Monty

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Overview

Monty tries to master a magic kit — and finds some real-life situations tricky — in this spot-on story about an endearing, utterly relatable first-grader.

First grade is almost over, and Monty will soon be seven. He’s now a big brother, too, which makes him feel very grown-up. But when he tries to use the magic set his grandmother gave him, he has a little trouble. Maybe the card trick would work if he were eight years old? Mother’s Day is coming, and Monty wishes he had something better to give his mom than the picture frame he made out of ice-cream sticks at school. But how is he supposed to guess from the TV call-in ad how much flowers cost, or that you need a special card to get them? Whether involving his baby sister in his library project, losing a sneaker while marching with his karate class in the parade, or learning that an exciting afternoon isn’t always a good thing, Monty’s familiar adventures embody the gentle humor of everyday life.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780763659707
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 06/12/2012
Series: Monty , #4
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Lexile: 600L (what's this?)
File size: 9 MB
Age Range: 5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Johanna Hurwitz is the award-winning author of more than five dozen books for young readers, including the early-chapter-book series about first-grader Monty. She divides her time between Long Island, New York, and Wilmington, Vermont.

Johanna Hurwitz has been writing children’s books since she was eight years old. However, it took until she was thirty-eight for her first book to be published. Since then she has published regularly. “It’s not a contest to see who can write the most,” she insists. One of her favorite children’s authors is E. B.White, and Johanna’s parents read Stuart Little to her when she was very young. “He only wrote three children’s books but each is a gem. It would be wonderful if half a century from now children are still enjoying some of my books.”

Before she became a published author, Johanna got a master’s degree in library science and worked as a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library and at several other libraries. She is married and has two grown children and three grandchildren. Many of her stories grew out of experiences that she or family members actually had. In her book Mighty Monty, she describes Monty’s karate class. Her grandson, Ethan, and granddaughter Juliet have both taken karate lessons. Before long granddaghter Fiona will inspire some ideas too.

The biggest thing that most people don’t know about Johanna Hurwitz is that her parents met in a bookstore. No wonder she loves books so much. Other suprising details about Johanna are that she adores elephants and Babar is one of her very favorite story-book characters. Johanna enjoys traveling, and her goal is to speak in all fifty states. So far she has been to forty-four. If you live in Utah, Montana, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Idaho, or Delaware, she’d love to go there too. (Hint, hint)

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