Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester L Laminack

Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester L Laminack

A lyrical picture book memoir of one boy and his beloved grandmother, from award-winning author Lester L. Laminack.

Every Saturday, a young boy rides his bicycle up and down country roads, past farms and a filling station, until he reaches his Mammaw's house. She is waiting for him. There, the young boy helps her. She picks tomatoes and he pushes the lawnmower through the dew-wet grass. But the best part of the day is helping his Mammaw make teacakes from scratch and eating the hot, sweet cakes fresh from the oven.

Lester L. Laminack's richly detailed prose perfectly portrays the special relationship of a young boy and his grandmother. Award-winning illustrator Chris Soentpiet's remarkably detailed watercolor images beautifully capture the setting.

Lester L. Laminack is an Emeritus Professor from Western Carolina University's Department of Birth-Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle Grades Education at Cullowhee, North Carolina, where he received two teaching awards. He now works as a full-time writer and consultant for schools all around the United States. Lester is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and has previously worked as co-editor of Primary Voices and the Language Arts children's book review column. He also published the Parent Connection section for the journal Teaching K-8 and served as a teaching editor for the publication. He was a member of the Whole Language Umbrella Governing Board, the North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children's Governing Board and Secretary, and the Center for the Extension of Language and Thinking's Board of Directors.

Lester was a member of the Board of Directors of Our Children's Place [www.ourchildrensplace.org] and the Basic Reading Consultant for Literacy Volunteers of America from 1987 to 2001. He is the current column editor for The Writing Department of The Reading Teacher, an ILA journal.

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ISBN 13	9781561453030
ISBN 10	156145303X
Title	Saturdays and Teacakes
Author	Lester L Laminack
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Year published	2004-03-02
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Picture Storybook) 2006, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Picture Book) 2006, Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Grades K-3) 2006
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.