TITLE: The Bad Beginning
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written by Lemony Snicket
GENRE: Fiction Chapter Book
THEME: family, perseverance
AWARDS: Colorado Children's Book Award, Nevada Young Readers Award
CHARACTERS: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, Count Olaf
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written by Lemony Snicket
GENRE: Fiction Chapter Book
THEME: family, perseverance
AWARDS: Colorado Children's Book Award, Nevada Young Readers Award
CHARACTERS: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, Count Olaf
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: Scholastic, 1999
SUMMARY: This book is dry, straight forward humor for children that is absolutely interesting! Violet, the eldest of the siblings, creates magnificent inventions; Klaus, the middle-child, reads constantly and retains all information; and Sunny, the youngest, has the sharpest teeth of any babies most people have met. The Baudelaire parents and Mansion die early in the book due to a horrible fire. Misfortune comes to the children when they are landed in Cout Olaf's house and under is care. The care he provides is only so that he can inherit the Baudelaire fortune. Through many wacky and strange events, the Baudelaie siblings find clues that Count Olaf may have mad a connection to their parents death. However, the children are unaware of the mystery and adventure these clues will take them on for years and years.
This book would be a great in a classroom setting because it teaches children how to utilize their individual talents as well as how to cope with stressful and sad situations.
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