Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: Hard-to-Swallow Stories from Fifth Grade

By: Esmé Raji Codell

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Synopsis: Like every fifth grader, Esmé Raji Codell spent her days within the small world of school, neighborhood, and family. But this small world provides rich material for the often hilarious, always engrossing stories and vignettes in this book. Esmé tells us about: the night she and her mother became "egg vigilantes" against an illegally parked car; her freewheeling first school, where kids could choose disco dancing instead of math; her dangerous neighborhood, which her father made seem friendly and wondrous; the Passover dinner when she stole a matzoh right out from under a rabbi; the awe-inspiring, life-threatening Chicago snowstorms; and lessons about love from tea-reading gypsies and Popeye cartoons. " Dear Reader, This is not a book about songs. It's not even about tuna fish. It's a book of stuff that (really!) happened when I was in fifth grade, growing up in Chicago. So if you want to read about: * -the night I egged an illegally parked car with my own mother; -the wacky school where I could choose disco dancing over math; -the day I begged my best friend to beat me up so I could get out of piano lessons; -the Passover dinner when I stole a matzo from under the rabbi's chair in order to win Anything in the Whole Wide World; and more-- * you've come to the right place. Enjoy!"