Raymie Nightingale

Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her And she has a plan If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie s picture in the paper and maybe come home To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a show business background, and the fiery, stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who s determined to sabotage the contest But as the competition approaches, loneliness, loss, and unanswerable questions draw the three girls into an unlikely friendship and challenge each of them to come to the rescue in unexpected ways. Read Raymie Nightingale – kino-fada.fr I thought this book was wonderful.I don t read a lot of middle grade these days I have my childhood favourites that will always hold a special place in my heart, but I rarely seek out new ones It s hard for me to engage with most juvenile writing styles and I often find them too simplistic But Raymie Nightingale was warm, sad, subtle loveliness The story is indeed very simple, but that is its strength It s a quiet, whimsical tale of three girls in 1975 There s our protagonist Raymie whose father has ran off I thought this book was wonderful.I don t read a lot of middle grade these days I have my childhood favourites that will always hold a special place in my heart, but I rarely seek out new ones It s hard for me to engage with most juvenile writing styles and I often find them too simplistic But Raymie Nightingale was warm, sad, subtle loveliness The story is indeed very simple, but that is its strength It s a quiet, whimsical tale of three girls in 1975 There s our protagonist Raymie whose father has ran off with a dental hygienist S...Raymie wants her father back.He left her and her mother, and that s not alright He shouldn t have left with that dental hygienist His place was with Raymie and her mama She misses him, and she wants him to come back.She knows just the right way to make him come home she s going to compete in the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition and get her picture in the journal This way, he s going to notice her and come home immediately Oh, poor sweetheart All she wan Raymie wants her father back.He left her and her mother, and that s not alright He shouldn t have left with that dental hygienist His place was with Raymie and her mama She misses him, and she wants him to come back.She knows just the right way to make him come home she s going to compete in the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition and get her picture in the journal This way, he s going to notice her and come home immediately Oh, poor sweetheart All she wants is her father back She didn t deserve this A child doesn ...Dear Ms diCamillo,As a girl who clipped my grandma s toenails and biked, weekly, terrified, to Southport Manor Nursing Home to volunteer as Cheerful Board Games Assistant, as a girl with the weight of my sorrowful, lonely soul blowing around inside me night and day as I believe it still does, fifty years on I thank you for Raymie Nightingale I thank you for Beverly, and for Louisiana, friends one could only dream of Friends I now have had the privilege to meet.Tha Dear Ms diCamillo,As a girl who clipped my gr...Find all of my reviews at all might as well just leave this space and go read Alissa s review because she s the only reason I even heard of Raymie Nightingale in the first place I don t read a lot of middle grade stuff mainly because my kids have pretty much outgrown it so I have no clue how to find the good ones That s what Goodreads is for The story here is of three little girls who meet at baton twirling lessons they are taking in order to compete in the Little Miss Central Florida Tire pageant Each are t Find all of my reviews at all might as well just leave this space and go read Alissa s review because she s the only reason I even heard of Raymie Nightingale in the first place I don t read a lot of middl...I have a feeling this will be one of those books that will grow in fondness thethat time passes, but as of right now, I m feeling kind of meh about it I liked the characters of Raymie, Beverly, and Louisiana, but something in the story felt lacking to me.Did her father think about her What if he had already forgotten her Raymie has a plan to get her father to come home She decides to enter the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, and when she wins her picture will appear in the paper and her father will suddenly realize how important his family is to him, leave the dental hygienist he s run off with, and come home Also on a quest to win the same glorious contest are Louisiana Elefante and Beverly Tapinksi, but only LouisianaDid her father think about her What if he had already forgotten her Raymie has a plan to get her father to come home She decides to enter the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, and when she wins her picture will appear in the paper and her father will suddenly realize how important his family is to him, leave the dental hygienist he s run off with, and come home Also on a quest to win the same glorious contest are Louisiana Elefante and Beverly Tapinksi, but only Louisiana comes from a line of circus performer...I m glad I read this book, not because I liked it or learned anything, but because it vindicates my childhood dislike of juvenile literary novels An odd jumble of ideas barely grounded in reality, this book attempts to be poetic and meaningful but twists in on itself to become a vague, pointless mess I have enjoyed Kate DiCamillo s work in the past and respect her as an author, but this book was too vague and strange to satisfy me.The characters had potential, but there was hardl I m glad I read this book, not because I liked it or learned anything, but because it vindicates my childhood dislike of juvenile literary novels An odd jumble of ideas barely grounded in reality, this book attempts to be poetic and meaningful but twists in on itself to become a vague, pointless mess I have enjoyed Kate DiCamillo s work in the past and respect her as an author, but this book was too vague and ...My relationship to Kate DiCamillo s books is one built entirely on meaning Which is to say, the less emotional and meaningful they are, the better I like em Spaghetti loving horses and girls that live in tree houses Right up my alley China rabbits and mice with excessive earlobes Not my cup of tea It s good as a reviewer to know your own shortcomings and I just sort of figured that I d avoid DiCamillo books when they looked deep and insightful And when the cover for Raymie Nightingale was released it was easforRaymie My relationship to Kate DiCamillo s books is one built entirely on meaning Which is to say, the less emotional and meaningful they are, the better I like em Spaghetti loving horses and girls that live in tree houses Right up my alley China rabbits and mice with excessive earlobes Not my cup of tea It s good as a reviewer to know your own shortcomings and I just sort of figured that I d avoid DiCamillo books when they looked deep and insightful And when the cover for Raymie Nightingale was released it was easily...What do you do when your father has run off with a dental hygienst You try to get into the newspaper.At least, that is Raymie s plan If she wins the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, her father must realise what he s missing and come home Only problem or, actually two is that one she needs to twirl a baton to win and she doesn t know how , and two Raymie isn t the only one competing Together with circus child Lousiana Elefante and tough Beverly Tapinksi, we follow Raymie as she What do you do when your father has run off with a dental hygienst You try to get into the newspaper.At least, that is Raymie s plan If she wins the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, her father must realise what he s missing and come home Only problem or, actually two is that one she needs to twirl a baton to win and she doesn t know how , and two Raymie isn t the only one competing Together with circus child Lousiana Elefante and tough Beverly Tapinksi, we follow Raymie as she tries to become Little Miss Florida Raymie I wanted to hug from the start, but I quickly fell in love with all three of the girls although cynical Beverly is my favorite The strenght of this middle grade book lies in, despite be...I know this is going to be a minority opinion, but I found this a little boring My expectations were really high, so I was surprised it took me so long to read I didn t feel a lot of motivation to go back to it when I put it down Maybe because there wasn t much of a plot and the whole thing felt pretty bleak I felt really bad for Raymie, Louisiana, and Beverly Each girl is deeply troubled by her family situation and each is dealing with it in her own way Raymie trying to win the pageant to I know this is going to be a minority opinion, but I found this a little boring My expectations were really high, so I was surprised it took me so long to read I didn t feel a lot of motivation to go back to it when I put it down Maybe because there wasn t much of a plot and the whole thing felt pretty bleak I felt really bad for Raymie, Louisiana, and Beverly Each girl is deeply troubled by her family situation and each is dealing with it in her own way Raymie trying to win the pageant to get her father s attention, Beverly wanting to sabotage the pageant to work through her anger, and Louisisana fixating on getting her cat Archie back I ll also say the whol...

• English
• 11 September 2018
Kate DiCamillo
• Hardcover
• 263 pages
• 0763681172
• Kate DiCamillo
• Raymie Nightingale