Cordelia reviewed Samantha's Special Talent (American Girls Short Stories) on + 153 more book reviews
Samantha gets caught up in the idea and organizing the library fund raiser that she never gets a chance to perform in the show! She becomes a little discouraged but is so busy and in the end does find an unexpected talent that she never realized she had. The craft is learning to juggle and A PEEK INTO THE PAST covers vaudeville shows and entertainment prior to television.
Alice B. reviewed Samantha's Special Talent (American Girls Short Stories) on + 3558 more book reviews
This is a beautiful book. It teaches children to recognize their talents which may be different from other's talents. And it teaches showing friendship and kindness to a class mate when others make fun of them.
In a nutshell the library roof is leaking and Samantha proposes and organizes very well a talent show of the students to get funds to re-roof the library. Because of Samantha's diligence and planning 100 tickets are sold and a lot of money is raised for the library. Samantha realizes her greatest talent is organization.She also befriends a new student from France that the other students are making fun of..
In a nutshell the library roof is leaking and Samantha proposes and organizes very well a talent show of the students to get funds to re-roof the library. Because of Samantha's diligence and planning 100 tickets are sold and a lot of money is raised for the library. Samantha realizes her greatest talent is organization.She also befriends a new student from France that the other students are making fun of..
