Beans on the Roof
By Betsy Byars and Melodye Rosales
3.5/5
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The Bean children are not allowed to play on the roof of their apartment building. One evening Anna Bean goes up to the roof—not to play, but to be alone so she can write a poem for school. Her poetry writing fever is contagious; one by one, the rest of the Bean family visits the roof to write amongst pigeons and tall buildings—all except George, who can’t think of anything to write about. Beans on the Roof is a wonderful, inspiring story for young readers with a passion for creative writing. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection.
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Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One of my favourite authors, this is a title I had never heard of before. An early chapter book for suggested ages 5-8 or up to about Gr. 3, this is an easy to read story about family. Anna has to write a poem for school and chooses to write about roofs, so her mother lets her go up on the apartment roof to write the poem. The two younger siblings want to go up as well so must promise not to bother Anna and have to write a roof poem as well. The story that follows is a simple tale of siblings, family and poetry. A nice story, though it does portray an '80s lifestyle thus feeling a bit out of date. One thing that struck my as absurd was the illustration of Anna; she has a mullet! I don't believe I've ever seen anyone in children's illustration with that hairstyle before and she looks absolutely awful. LOL. A decent enough story but not one of Byars best by any means.
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Beans on the Roof
Betsy Byars
Contents
A Bean on the Roof
Two Beans on the Roof
Three Beans on the Roof
Four Beans on the Roof
Five Beans on the Roof
One Bean on the Roof
A Bean in the Bedroom
Beans at the Table
Beans Together
A Biography of Betsy Byars
A Bean on the Roof
MAMA!
George ran into the kitchen.
Mama!
Please don’t shout, George,
Mrs. Bean said.
I have to shout! You have to hear this! Anna is on the roof! I saw her from Frankie’s window!
I know Anna is on the roof,
Mrs. Bean said.
But you told us never to play on the roof. You said we’d bother Mr. Brown’s rabbits. You said we’d run into the clotheslines and dirty the clothes.
Anna is not playing, George,
Mrs. Bean said. Anna is sitting.
Oh.
George stopped. Then he said quickly, I’m going up there and sit too.
George had wanted to play on the roof since the day they moved into the apartment.
No, George,
Mrs. Bean said.
George put his hands on his hips.
Why not?
he said. That’s not fair. Anna gets to do everything. She gets to stay up late. She gets to ride the bus. Now she gets to sit on the roof. It’s not fair!
George, will you be quiet and listen? Anna is on the roof because it is the only place she can write her poem.
George’s mouth fell open.
Anna is writing a poem?
That’s right, George.
I didn’t know Anna knew how to write a poem.
"Yes, Anna is writing a poem. If