Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street

Editorial Review:

write what she knows,"" young Eva takes the literary advice of her neighbors while adding a few embellishments that make her neighborhood seem much more exciting than she realized.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street:

Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street by Roni Schotter is about a girl named Eva who has a journal and always jots in it when she sees something happen on 90th street. Eva was sitting on the stairs and waiting for something to happen on 90th street. Then Mr.Sims told her, "Everything is a stage even 90th street." Mr.Moely told her that there's always a new way with words. Then Eva started thinking putting the pencil up to her mouth should I scrawl about this? Then Eva went to go to sit back down on the... more info

Good book to get kids' ideas flowing:

Too often, students don't think they have anything to write about. This was a very cute story that can be used as a springboard about what could happen in their own neighborhoods.

I don't get it...:

I bought this book as a companion for a lesson on writing development from a writing program that I love and use. I set up for the lesson then read this book to my students. It was a drag...It was boring...It was disjointed...we didn't get it. It seemed to lack a point. The new title could be "No Really...Nothing ever happens on 90th Street...I Mean It!" Now the illustrations were great! I love the loose style of the artist. I wish the author had developed the story better. I wished this teacher had... more info

great for teaching creative writing:

This book's beautiful pictures and descriptions provide models of good narrative writing, and the actual situation-- writing where first you think there's nothing to write about-- is great for reluctant writers...

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