The Candy Corn Contest - (Kids of the Polk Street School) by Patricia Reilly Giff (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out?<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and-orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney's desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess. <p/><br>Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they'll never win. "We're the worst readers in the class, " he says. But Richard won't give up. He can already taste those Candy Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones. <p/><br>What will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Patricia Reilly</b> <b>Giff </b>has recieved the Newbery Honor for <i>Pictures of Hollis Woods</i> and<i> Lily's Crossing</i>, which is also a <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book </i>Honor Book. <i>Nory Ryan's Song</i> was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book. <p/><b>Blanche Sims</b> is a children's book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film <i>Beyond the Butterfly</i>, which won a Parents' Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000.
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