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“This is a frank biographer and an honest one; she uses no sandpaper on me“.

This book is great for an elementary classroom as it allows young children to imagine the impact a writer like Mark Twain had on everyone and his daughter.

This book is very interactive as it has three dimensional pieces in it. This book tells the perspective of Susy, Mark Twain's daughter. It captures a unique perspective of Mark Twain that most don't think of.

“Life in the game was so busy; there was barely time to write”

I enjoyed the outside elements that the author brings into the story besides illustrations.

I enjoyed reading this story about Mark Twain, one of the most influential authors to ever write. It really gave the readers a good look as to what marks upbringing was really like.

Like Papa, Susy wrote and wrote, filling over 130 pages. To conclude her biography, she relied on an eyewitness account to provide an anecdote that summed up Papa perfectly.

I loved the illustrations in this book. I think it is amazing that the book contained little flaps of Susy's journal with her writing in it.

This book tells the story about Mark Twain's life from the viewpoint of his daughter, Susy. People thought that Mark Twain was a jokester. She was determined to show people that he was so much more by writing in a journal which she kept under her pillow. She wrote about both his good and bad habits, from his writing routine to their family's home life. She wrote a amazing biography which gave rare insight and an unforgettable perspective on him.

“And so, people finally got just what Susy thought they needed: a portrait of the funny, serious, absentminded, cat-loving, billiard-playing, philosophical Papa— the extraordinary Mark Twain, according to Susy.“

I liked how there were journals throughout the pages of the book. This made the book more interactive, and gave us a little insight of what Mark Twain was thinking during these times.

I loved this book about Mark Twain! Mark Twain is such a popular, classic author. This book made it more interesting to learn about him. I would definitely include this book in my classroom, along with some of Mark Twain books.

“Papa, =the extraordinary mark twain“

this book was so fun ton read. I did not know much about mark twain and now I do which is exciting and it was told in such a fun way

my favorite part fo the book is the little journals placed in between each page. I made the book come to life

The Extraordinary Mark Twain is a biography by Barbara Kerley is a Best Children‘s Books, 2010, shared reading teaching strategy. Susy illustrates Mark Twain as “ a humorist joking at everything”. Susy wrote a story documenting her father from his habits, she included his writing patterns. Her insight gives us a perspective of her father. Website: www.barbarakerley.com Hashtag: #UCFSU19 UDL: 3.2 EL: visuals, dictionary

I love the little pop up journals throughout the book!!!

“But despite their busy schedules, Papa and Susy did find time to write.

Mark Twain even made a comment himself about this specific book which is really cool.

The Extraordinary Mark Twain is a biography written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham. This book is very factual and creditable. There is a large bibliography to show the amount of research done. I enjoyed this book and think it is very good for children to read.

Loyal to the responsibilities of her position as historian

This page is the coolest one in the nokk because susy reveals her book to her father and he loved it.

Biography and was written in 2010. The setting of this book is back in the late 1800's where Mark Twains daughter takes notes of what her father does all of the time. She took notes on the serious parts of her father's life like creating a system for copyrighting books or being silly because he was really good at it with his life and in his books. At the end susy showed her father what she had done and her father loved it.