Author: Michelle Edwards
Illustrator: Michelle Edawards
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: bullies, death, schools, handling grief, friendships and past memories
Primary and Secondary Characters: Matthew Stern, Pa Lia, Mrs. Fennessey, Howie, Calliope, Oliver
Awards: 2006 Gryphon Award
Date of Publication: 2005
Publishing Company: Harcourt, Inc.
Summary:
Matthew Velvel "Stinky" Stern has been considered one the biggest bullies in not only his class, but in the whole second grade. As the class was making snowflakes, he messes with Pa Lia's snowflake. At the end of the day, Pa Lia sees Stinky Stern walk home and he darts across the street and gets hit by a white van. Seeing all this take place, Pa Lia is terrified. The next morning, Mrs. Fennessey's class finds out that Stinky Stern has died. Everyone in the class is startled by this news and is speechless. Mrs. Fennessey has students talk about a memory they had with Matthew and Pa Lia hesitates until the end. Once it's finally her turn, she uses the snowflake story from the day before. She then took down the snowflake she made and places it on his desk. The rest of the class follows her sincerity and place their snowflakes on Matthew's desk too. Remembering Stinky Stern, they all say together that no matter what, they will always remember Stinky Stern forever.
Matthew Velvel "Stinky" Stern has been considered one the biggest bullies in not only his class, but in the whole second grade. As the class was making snowflakes, he messes with Pa Lia's snowflake. At the end of the day, Pa Lia sees Stinky Stern walk home and he darts across the street and gets hit by a white van. Seeing all this take place, Pa Lia is terrified. The next morning, Mrs. Fennessey's class finds out that Stinky Stern has died. Everyone in the class is startled by this news and is speechless. Mrs. Fennessey has students talk about a memory they had with Matthew and Pa Lia hesitates until the end. Once it's finally her turn, she uses the snowflake story from the day before. She then took down the snowflake she made and places it on his desk. The rest of the class follows her sincerity and place their snowflakes on Matthew's desk too. Remembering Stinky Stern, they all say together that no matter what, they will always remember Stinky Stern forever.
How it will be used in the classroom:
This book has a big issue that may be hard for students to handle and that is dealing with the loss of a classmate. But, this book might also help students to appreciate all their classmates and it might even encourage them to not bully or pick on someone else. They wouldn't want to be remembered as someone that picked on people or bullied. This book will definitely be emotional but it's still a book students need to be aware of.
This book has a big issue that may be hard for students to handle and that is dealing with the loss of a classmate. But, this book might also help students to appreciate all their classmates and it might even encourage them to not bully or pick on someone else. They wouldn't want to be remembered as someone that picked on people or bullied. This book will definitely be emotional but it's still a book students need to be aware of.
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