One special summer by Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier.  New York:  Rizzoli International Publications, 2006. 

ISBN-13:  9780847827879

ISBN-10:  0847827879

Illustrator:  Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier

Media:  Mixed Media [pen, ink, color pencil and paint]

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Curricular connection:  Poetry, Travel Log and Journaling.  One Special Summer is suitable for older reader’s who are interested in learning more about the history of Jaqueline and Lee Bouvier, creating a travel log and journaling.  This book is another example that teaches how individuals can document their personal experiences through words and images.

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Reading level:  9^th grade

Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms defines simile as a figure of speech that uses ‘as or like’ to compare, as in “she is like a rose”.  In the journal entry from a One Special Summer Lee describes her feelings reading to a crowd people.  Lee explains, "I started off much too high and after three lines forgot all the words and something stuck in my throat so I ended with a screech like a cat being run over." 

 Annotation:  The journal One Special Summer is an intimate look at two sisters’ travels and adventures in Europe.  The oversize book includes the hand written journals and drawings, not veering from the original form.  The book is an insightful look into the time spent Jacqueline and Lee Bouvier spent together in Europe.

KRF 7/25/09