Muggie Maggie audiobook

I liked this book, though it was not my favorite book. It is a great realistic fiction story. It's about a girl named Maggie. She does not want to learn cursive. Later in the school year she learns to read in cursive. Her teacher made her the letter-carrier. She carried letters to each teacher in the school. She is getting suspicious about her teacher because her teacher keeps leaving the letters open. She looks at them and notices they are in cursive. This is when she realizes that she knows how to read in cursive. I give this book a 4 star rating as I found it informational and very well written. The plot was interesting and intriguing. Another great Beverly Cleary book.

My childhood!

I love all things Beverly Cleary. I wish cursive was still more of a thing.

This book is about a girl going into third grade named Maggie. Third grade is where students learn to write cursive. Maggie refuses to write cursive and does not see the point in writing cursive. Maggie's teacher sends her on many errands to other teacher's classrooms with notes. She writes very single one in cursive because Maggie can not read cursive and her teacher hopes this will motivate her to want to learn cursive. Maggie reads every single letter and becomes curious. Eventually is able to read and write cursive just like her teacher hoped. I liked this book! I thought it was such a fun story and I loved how some cursive letters were written in the story. I also loved how the letters to different teachers were written in cursive. I think this book could be used to teach cursive. I also think it could be fun to teach children who did not want to learn cursive and even those who loved to learn it. Overall, I think it is a very fun book!

I loved this. It was about a third grader who could just not understand script.

More reviews and book-ish content @ AndreaRBooKs on FB, AndreaRBooKs on IG & Andrea RBKMuggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary was a book I picked up to celebrate the life of Beverly Cleary. While I remember the plots and characters of many of her books really well, I couldn't recall this one even though I clearly recall once owning it (and the cover of that edition even!) This one was just a gem of a throwback. The story focuses on Maggie who is supposed to be learning cursive. She doesn't want to and just doesn't see the point. As the story progresses, Maggie realizes there are reasons she might need to have this skill, and her resistance starts to crumble. This is also thanks to some clever work by her teacher. Beverly Clearly reads are always a delight, and this one was fun to read as an adult - Definitely not as timeless as others given the topic, but a joy nonetheless.

Third grader Maggie Shultz is faced with having to learn how to read and write cursive. Maggie gets annoyed that her parents and teacher, Mrs. Leeper are always trying to get her to perfect the skill, but she doesn't know how. Mrs. Leeper tries to teach her by assigning her with the duty of messenger and bringing notes to different classrooms. Intrigued by the notes, Maggie tries to decipher the writing, as she feels that Mrs. Leeper may actually be writing about her, but struggles to decode the notes. At the end, she learns to write cursive and ends up doing more of it. The book uses similes, metaphors, and foreshadowing. I gave this book a 4 star rating because I enjoyed how it talked about over coming fear. There is a lesson taught that I found very beneficial to wanting to become a teacher. If a child struggles in a certain subject you can make a fun and creative way for them to want to learn.

Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary is a fun story about a stubborn girl named Maggie who refuses to learn cursive. Until one day, she is appointed the class mail messenger. Maggie thought the teacher was writing about her. She could not understand them because they were in cursive. However, that did not stop Maggie because she wanted to know what the notes said. She learned cursive and realized that the notes were about her but they were about how good she has become with cursive. Students can relate to this story because they too will encounter learning experiences as Maggie did. Students need someone to help encourage them to do something when they believe they cannot do it. This book is great to help encourage students to do anything and everything they set their minds to.

Muggie Maggie is about a young girl named Maggie who is starting the third grade. Maggie decides a the beginning of the school year that she will not learn cursive writing. The story follows Maggie throughout the school year and her journey to keep from learning cursive. I thought this book was funny. The author brings a relatable subject into the story line and finds a way to talk about it in a humorous way. I would read this book in a third grade classroom to students who are about to learn cursive. This may be a good way for them to express how they feel about learning cursive, and see that it is not too bad after all.

** spoiler alert ** What I thought about the book Muggie Maggie is that it was a really good book. I also liked the fact that Maggie's teacher Mrs. Leeper helped get Maggie to realize that she could read cursive only if she went and set her mind to it. I also liked the fact that Maggie's teacher Mrs. Leeper went and made maggie go to the principal and have some talks with him by writing secret notes about her student to try to get his help in figuring out why she was being so stubborn in not wanting to read or write cursive because she thought that she did not need to use it in third grade.

I say this about every other Cleary book, but I remember this so vividly from my own childhood. I think my mom bought it for me when I was struggling with my own handwriting. This book was written in response to a third-grader who wanted a book about cursive writing. It's a quick read but I do think it's a necessary subject. Cleary addresses it with her signature natural and fun style. Maggie is only a character for this one short book, but she feels as real and well-developed as the kids from Klickitat Street.

I love Beverly Cleary and all of her books! Cleary is a well respected author who has even received a Newberry Medal. This book is humorous and relatable for students in 2nd-4th grade. I especially enjoyed it because I distinctly remember being eager to learn cursive...quite the opposite of Maggie! -Kristen

This is a really fun book. Beverly Clearly is such a good writer and I have loved every book of hers I've read. Muggie Maggie is especially funny because I am having to relearn cursive now in college. It does seem like a drag but just like Maggie, when I finally get a letter close to perfect, I feel great.