In 2002 it was produced by Newvideo and Scholastic and bundled with 5 other animated stories on a 'Scholastic Storybook Treasures' DVD. She feels better and the students see her name is indeed beautiful. Twinkle comfort her and tell her there is nothing wrong with her name. When she starts school the students start to make fun of her name because it is so long.

Chrysanthemum thinks her name is absolutely perfectuntil her first day of school. In 1998 Weston Woods developed an animated story based on the book's illustrations, which was narrated by Meryl Streep. This book follows a little mouse named Chrysanthemum who loves her name. Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes with read aloud by simply storytime. Twinkle gives birth to a girl and decides to name her after Chrysanthemum. Delphinium Twinkle) defends her, saying how a lot of people have long names, which makes people envy her.

However, a pregnant music teacher (named Mrs. The plot deals with a young mouse named Chrysanthemum, who loves her long, beautiful name until a girl named Victoria and her friends, Rita and Jo, tease her about it. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children.' It was one of the 'Top 100 Picture Books' of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. Chrysanthemum is a cute tale from Kevin Henkes about how a young girl mouse named Chrysanthemum tries to appreciate her long and unusual name when she goes to school and is teased by her classmates. Chrysanthemum is a 1991 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Kevin Henkes.Ĭhrysanthemum was chosen as an ALA Notable Book and the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and it is on the Horn Book Fanfare Honor List.

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