Toast with Miss Lily

Toast with Miss Lily is a narrative about a boy, Kip, who is angry at his parents for leaving him with a babysitter, Miss Lily, while they go on a trip.  Kip warms to Miss Lily when a power failure prompts some improvising and Miss Lily teaches him how to toast bread over a candle.  The story is told in dialogue and narrative.

The story has a problem solution structure.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text but not all events are shown.  Boldface and ellipses are used to create drama.  The book concludes with a two-page spread that tells how to write a narrative.

Some words may require clarification: aroma, simmered, churned, reluctantly, tentative.  Similes: like a watching tiger in the grass, like freezing needles, like an insect using its antennae.  Metaphor: fresh anger … churned in his belly.

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