Going, going, gone! with the Pain and the Great One

Format:

Book

Title:

Going, going, gone! with the Pain and the Great One

Author:

Blume, Judy.

ISBN:

9780385733076

9780385903264

9780440420941

9781448778508

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

109 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Series title(s):

Pain and the Great One chapter books ;

Number in series:

Contents:

Meet the Pain -- Meet the Great One -- The lizard and the wolf -- Extravaganza, parts one and two -- The furry booger -- Kapooie one -- Kapooie two -- "Say 'cheese'!" -- Fluzzy in charge.

Summary:

Further adventures of first-grader Jake "the Pain" and his sister, third-grader Abigail "the Great One," include a trip to the beach with Grandma, to a county fair with Aunt Diana, and to a mall with Dad

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.0 1.0 125559.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 2.4 5 Quiz: 44924.

Accelerated Reader Grades K-4 3 1 Quiz 125559 English fiction.

Subject(s):

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Family recreation -- Juvenile fiction.

Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.

Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.

Beaches -- Juvenile fiction.

Agricultural exhibitions -- Juvenile fiction.

Shopping malls -- Juvenile fiction.

Hospitals -- Emergency services -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Genre:

Picture bikks for children.

Fiction

Juvenile works

Fiction.

Added Author:

Stevenson, James, 1929-2017,

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Blume, J.	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	J Fic Blume, J. 2008	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	J Blume, J.	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

THE PAIN AND the Great One are going places! In these new stories the kids are on the go--the Pain needs a trip to the emergency room; the family goes to the mall and not everyone stays together; the kids visit a county fair and want to ride the Super Slide; and a beach outing includes a boogie board. Lots more action and adventure for the dynamic duo who never stay still.

Author Notes

Judy Blume was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 12, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in education from New York University in 1961. Her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, was published in 1969. Her other books include Are You There, God? It's Me Margaret; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great; and Blubber. Her adult titles include Wifey, Smart Women, Summer Sisters, and In the Unlikely Event. In 1996, she received the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2004, she received the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 3-Abigail (the Great One) and Jake (the Pain) are back. The theme for this book is traveling, whether it is as close as the local mall, showcasing the Pain's attempt to walk down the up escalator, or as far as the Florida Everglades, where the Great One tries to keep from being bitten by alligators by wearing her leather cowboy boots. An emergency room trip to get a pussy willow removed from the Pain's nose will make readers laugh out loud. The nine short stories beautifully capture the experiences of siblings who love one another but who don't always get along. Their long-suffering cat, Fluzzy, gets his own chapter at the end. Stevenson's drawings perfectly complement the tales. Blume has delivered another funny story collection about two memorable characters.-Kathleen Meulen, Blakely Elementary School, Bainbridge Island, WA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

First- and third-graders Jake and Abigail alternate as narrators to describe a series of trips: boogie boarding at the beach, riding the Gravitron at an amusement park, visiting the emergency room, losing each other in the mall and canoeing the Everglades. The focus is always on the siblings, although adults--extended family and in one case a babysitter--accompany them. A bonus episode is told by the cat, Fluzzy, whose response to their trips is completely convincing. Each story is simply told with quiet humor, sometimes more a vignette than a rounded narrative--but, as always, Blume gets right to the hearts of her characters, revealing their fears, their resentments and their affection for each other. Stevenson's grey-washed cartoon illustrations enliven the pages. Each chapter can stand on its own, making this particularly accessible for the struggling reader. This is the third of a projected quartet of chapter books, sure to be welcomed as enthusiastically as its predecessors were. (Fiction. 6-9) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

The Pain (little brother) and the Great One (older sister) return in a third set of adventures that takes them on the road. There's a trip to the beach that involves boogie boards and wolf masks, a visit to the county fair and a ride on the Gravitron, and a stop at the hospital when Jacob, the Pain, sticks a pussy willow up his nose. Then Jacob goes missing at the mall, and the sibling relationship shows its true mettle. As always, Blume gets right to the heart of children's concerns and relationships. Here, Stevenson's line artwork adds to the fun.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2008 Booklist