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Ralph Fletcher was born and raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts.He is the oldest of 9 children. [1] Each of his parents was one of eight children. [2] He received his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College in 1975 and his M.F.A degree in writing from Columbia University in 1983. [3]
Each short chapter tells of an incident growing up in a large family on Acorn Street in Marshfield, Massachusetts.Ralph was the oldest of nine children. Some of the stories told were Ralph being informed of his mother's pregnancy by a nosy classmate, his mother's game called "snuck up the rug" where the whole family got down and pulled dirt from the carpets.
Chris Sherman in his review for Booklist said that "Fletcher captures perfectly the humor, irritations, and sadness of life in a large, close-knit family and makes Cliff a sympathetic and thoughtful narrator, occasionally bewildered by his siblings' antics but always a completely believable older brother. The comedy in the final chapter will ...
A fresh look at writing. Portsmouth: NH: Heinemann. Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades K-2,2006, FirstHand Press; Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3-5, 2006, FirstHand Press; How Writers Work, Ralph Fletcher, 2000, HarperCollins; Ray, K. W. (2001). The writing workshop: Working through the hard parts (and they're all hard ...
[21] Noth believed that the history was the work of a single author writing in the time of the Babylonian exile (586–539 BCE). This author/editor took as his starting point an early version of the book of Deuteronomy, which had already been composed during the reign of Josiah (last quarter of the 7th century), selecting, editing and composing ...
[2] Lee Bock in his review for School Library Journal said "what emerges is a picture of a young writer at work, looking closely at the world, making connections, and seeing the depth and beauty of everyday events and people. Ward's black-and-white illustrations use a variety of mediums, including pencil, photography, computer-generated images ...
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Brooke Selby Dillon in her review for Book Report said "yet despite the editing carelessness and the prosaic nature of some of the poems, Fletcher has used enough imagery, alliteration, and meter to keep the reader journeying along with the speaker, reaching ahead for just one more poem.