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<p><P><b><P>Level 2&#58; Reading Independently</b><P>&#149; More complex stories<P>&#149; Varied sentence structure<P>&#149; Paragraphs and short chapters<P>One day young Sam Clemens, later known as Mark Twain, plays a big prank in school. His mom punishes Sam by asking him to paint the long fence outside. It's a job that would take one boy hours to complete, but clever Sam figures out a way to get the job done without doing any work himself at all!</p><h3>Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature</h3><p>For adults the story of how Samuel Clemens tricked his friends into painting his fence is well known, but this early reader offers a wonderful introduction to the man who will become known as Mark Twain&#151;one of America's greatest humorists. Sam was a restless kid who did not enjoy sitting in school. One day he brought a snake to school and as part of his punishment for scaring the other kids, his mother assigned him the task of painting the fence around their yard. By claiming to his friends that it was fun, he not only got them to do the work, he ended up collecting a pile of booty from those who wanted to pay for the privilege of having some fun. The loose watercolor paintings

Author

Howard Goldsmith

Publisher

Aladdin; Aladdin Library; Simon Spotlight

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781413104431

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography