Genre: N/A
Author: Bernard Waber
Awards: N/A
Age Group: 6 to 8-years-old
Teacher Evaluation: As a teacher, I think this book would be great to read before a writing activity. I think this story would be easily incorporated into a first-grade classroom. The book could be a stem for writing a short story about who the student's best friend is and maybe what they're favorite thing to do with their best friend is. I would also have a few volunteers share their story with the class and model one for them.
Summary: This book is about a boy named Ira and his best friend Reggie. Reggie is moving away to a different city. Ira takes the news about his best friend moving away very hard. He doesn't know how things will be without his best friend. The story details all the things that Ira and his best friend Reggie did together. One day, Reggie comes over and starts taking his things out of their tree house and plans on taking his pet turtle. Ira doesn't like that it feels like Reggie is already gone because of all his things getting taken out. Ira also tries to tell Reggie that by taking his turtle away, he's going to kill Ira's turtle because turtle best friends can't be separated. Ira is shocked when Reggie seems excited about moving. Reggie tells him all the wonderful things about the place he's moving to. Because Reggie seems to be okay with moving away, Ira gets irritated and gets mad at Reggie. When it is time for Reggie and his family to leave, Ira says goodbye to everyone but Reggie. Reggie's mom asks him if he's going to say goodbye to Ira when he starts to break down. Reggie's parents share that Reggie has been taking moving away really hard. Ira is surprised to hear that Reggie actually was not okay with moving away. Ira tells Reggie to take their pet best friend turtles with him. After Reggie leaves, Ira gets a phone call from Reggie inviting him to his new house so they can hang out. Ira gets so excited that he goes upstairs to pack days in advance.
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