Book Trailer: Frindle by Andrew Clements

This is my first attempt at making book trailers as a class assignment.

From Booklist
Gr. 3^-6. Ten-year-old Nick Allen has a reputation for devising clever, time-wasting schemes guaranteed to distract even the most conscientious teacher. His diversions backfire in Mrs. Granger's fifth-grade class, however, resulting in Nick being assigned an extra report on how new entries are added to the dictionary. Surprisingly, the research provides Nick with his best idea ever, and he decides to coin his own new word. Mrs. Granger has a passion for vocabulary, but Nick's (and soon the rest of the school's) insistence on referring to pens as "frindles" annoys her greatly. The war of words escalates--resulting in after-school punishments, a home visit from the principal, national publicity, economic opportunities for local entrepreneurs, and, eventually, inclusion of frindle in the dictionary. Slightly reminiscent of Avi's Nothing but the Truth (1991), this is a kinder, gentler story in which the two sides eventually come to a private meeting of the minds and the power of language triumphs over both. Sure to be popular with a wide range of readers, this will make a great read-aloud as well. -- Kay Weisman

The image and music sources for this book trailer:

Boyer, J. (Photographer). (2008). Spell Check [Photograph]. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1090781

Braswell, S. (Photographer). (2008). USA Maps - background [Illustration]. Retrieved November
6, 2011, from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1055632

Clements, A. (1996). Frindle. New York: Scholastic, Inc.

Dullaghan, P. (Illustrator). [Unpublished Frindle cover]. Retrieved October 29, 2011, from
http://penelopeillustration.com/2009/10/20/simon-schuster-frindle-cover-unpub...

MacLeod, K. (2010). Sneaky Snitch. [Online sound recording]. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

Rollo, J. (Photographer). (2007). Pens [Photograph]. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/697312

Sevelin, A. (Photographer). (2007). Dictionary [Photograph]. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/892244

Vincent, M. (Illustrator). [Untitled Marching Students Frindle Illustration]. Retrieved October 29,
2011, from http://www.mattvincent.com/images/20100818115324_frindle.jpg

Yang, J. (Photographer). (2008). Dictionary [Photograph]. Retrieved October 30, 2011, from
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/930465

Ziegler, J. (Illustrator). [Illustration used in promotional materials for a production of the
children's play Frindle by Chicago's Griffin Theatre Company]. Retrieved October 29, 2011, from http://www.justinziegler.com/portfolio/2006/03/21/frindle/

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