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    Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week
    Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week
    Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week
    Ebook78 pages52 minutes

    Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week

    By Caroline Adderson and Ben Clanton

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    Boys and girls alike will love this chapter book about a quirky but endearing boy who finally gets to be his school’s Star of the Week.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKids Can Press
    Release dateJan 29, 2014
    ISBN9781554539895
    Jasper John Dooley: Star of the Week
    Author

    Caroline Adderson

    CAROLINE ADDERSON is the author of four novels (A History of Forgetting, Sitting Practice, The Sky Is Falling, Ellen in Pieces) and two collections of short stories (Bad Imaginings, Pleased to Meet You), as well as many books for young readers. Published in eleven countries, her work has received numerous award nominations, including for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, two Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes, the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Rogers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Winner of three BC Book Prizes and three CBC Literary Prizes, Caroline was also the recipient of the Marian Engel Award for mid-career achievement. She is the program director of the Writing Studio at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

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    • 5/5
      This is a great read. The story is simply enough to be read by younger kids, but complex enough to entertain older kids. If you have children of varying ages this is a book that can be read, and understood, by all of them. It makes a nice family "book of the month" read for families that want to read something that kids of all ages will enjoy. My 11 year old son really enjoyed this book. He thought it was "interesting" and enjoyed the various "story twists." Highly recommended.

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    Jasper John Dooley - Caroline Adderson

    For Sophie Anastasia Elizabeth Campbell,

    a little watermelon — C.A.

    ISBN 978-1-55453-989-5 (ePub)

    Text © 2012 Caroline Adderson

    Illustrations © 2012 Ben Clanton

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of Kids Can Press Ltd. or, in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For an Access Copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

    This is a work of fiction and any resemblance of characters to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

    Kids Can Press acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ontario Media Development Corporation’s Ontario Book Initiative; the Ontario Arts Council; the Canada Council for the Arts; and the Government of Canada, through the BPIDP, for our publishing activity.

    Published in Canada by

    Kids Can Press Ltd.

    25 Dockside Drive

    Toronto, ON M5A 0B5

    Published in the U.S. by

    Kids Can Press Ltd

    2250 Military Road

    Tonawanda, NY 14150

    www.kidscanpress.com

    Edited by Sheila Barry

    Designed by Rachel Di Salle

    Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

    Adderson, Caroline, 1963–

    Jasper John Dooley / written by Caroline Adderson ; illustrations by Ben Clanton.

    For ages 7–10.

    ISBN 978-1-55453-578-1 (bound)

    I. Clanton, Ben, 1988–  II. Title.

    PS8551.D3267J38 2012      jC813’.54      C2011-904726-8

    Contents

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Chapter 6

    Chapter 7

    Chapter 8

    Chapter 9

    Chapter 10

    Chapter 11

    Chapter 12

    About the Author and Illustrator

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    Chapter 1

    Jasper John Dooley was in the basement getting ready for a busy week. The kid who was the Star of the Week was always busy and, starting tomorrow, Jasper was the Star. Jasper, the Star! Tomorrow! He’d looked forward to tomorrow for a very, very, very long time.

    Mom came down with a load of rumpled clothes in her arms. Yay! Jasper said. Laundry!

    Aah! she said. Jasper John, you scared me! What are you doing down here? Why aren’t you playing outside?

    I’m the Star of the Week, he said.

    You’re the Star of the Week tomorrow, Mom said, opening the lid of the washing machine. Today you’re a boy who needs to breathe fresh air.

    The door of the washing machine looked like a big square mouth. Mom began stuffing the clothes down into it, feeding it dirty socks and T-shirts and soggy towels. Did you see the schedule? Jasper asked her.

    It’s in the kitchen.

    On Monday, the Star gets to do Show and Tell, Jasper said. Only the Star gets to do Show and Tell. I’ll Show and I’ll Tell. Everybody else will Look and Listen.

    Still, Mom said, it’s such a beautiful day. Here you are hiding in the basement.

    I’m not hiding. I’m collecting the lint off the dryer screen.

    Jasper had already pulled the screen out of its slot and scraped off the lint. Now the lint sat on top of the dryer, a flowery-smelling, gray, linty blob. It’s my Show and Tell, Jasper said. Then, in case Mom hadn’t read the schedule very closely, in case she had just magnetted it to the fridge with the store coupons and emergency phone numbers and the long list of Things To Do that never got crossed off, only longer, Jasper reminded her what was going to happen that week at school.

    Monday, Show and Tell. Tuesday, Family Tree. Wednesday, Science Experiment. Thursday, I Share My Talent. And on Friday …

    He stopped so he could enjoy a shiver of excitement.

    On Friday, I bring a Special Snack for everybody to eat while they’re writing Compliments to me.

    It’s going to be a wonderful week, Jasper, Mom said as she poured the detergent into the hungry

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