Once Upon a Marigold

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Book links for the Chelsea Book Club--and anyone who would like to read along with us.

We are an actual book club that meets once a month. Here's our website: http://chelseabookclub.weebly.com/

The book this month is Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris. Last month: Sense and Sensibility. On Jan. 27th, we'll have a new book to read.

If you are reading a good book, please tell us; we always like to have good recommendations.

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	Where is the best place to find "Once Upon a Marigold" pictures? Where is the best place to find "Once Upon a Marigold" pictures? I have to do a book report/poster for school. I chose "Once Upon a Marigold". My problem is that I need pictures. Where should I get them? I have the book and a marigold so far. HELP! Marisa I have to do a book report/poster for school. I chose "Once Upon a Marigold". My problem is that ... Marisa! What are the main characters/events in the book? I don't know this one. Where is it located (made up land/ Detroit/ moon)? Are there main colors (does a princess wear pink)? Maybe if you think about how you are going to describe the story on paper, that will help you to describe them visually on your poster. (On another subject, have you read Skellig by David Almond? Excellent book! Also, the Tale of Despereaux is really fun - just in case you are looking for other books to read.) Tell me how this turns out, and let me know your process in thinking about this assignment! Love, Aunt Miriam
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Hedgehog • February 22, 2011 at 9:50pm

What is the next book?

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Anonymous • January 20, 2011 at 12:06pm

Not done yet...

But we are really enjoying reading together as a family

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Info, synopsis, review, discussion questions:

Once Upon a Marigold

Once Upon a Marigold. Jean Ferris; Harcourt, 2002.
Grade Level: 6-8
ISBN & Cost: 0152167919 $17.00

Synopsis:
A boy lost in the forest and raised by a troll finds love, danger, and secrets when he gets a job in the castle across the river.

General Review:
Christian is a strong-willed boy of six years, who has run away from home, to live on his own. A troll who lives in the forest, Edric, finds him and takes him in but cannot make him go back home. Chris ends up living and growing up with Ed and his dogs as his family. Chris is an inventor, who makes things from found articles in the forest. He also watches the princess through his telescope in the castle across the river. She is a headstrong young lady but very lonely, finding happiness only with reading, her father, King Swithbert, and her three dogs. When Chris contacts her via carrier pigeon (or p-mail), they become friends. Chris decides to leave his forest home to take a job in the castle. Thus, Chris, a commoner, cannot tell Marigold who he is. Chris is heartsick as he can only stand by and watch as she is to be married to a suitor brought to her by her overbearing and demanding mother, Queen Olympia. When Chris learns that Marigold's life is actually in danger, he must find a way to save her.
Author Information: www.jeanferris.com

Themes: Fairy tales-fiction; Princesses-fiction; Kings, Queens, Rulers-fiction; Family life-fiction; Trolls-fiction; Humorous-fiction.

Discussion Questions
1. Why did Christian, at the young age of 6, runaway from home, and insist his family never be found?
2. Why didn't Ed follow through with finding Christian's family? What would you have done if you were in Ed's position? Why?
3. Compare and contrast Christian's relationship with Ed, and Marigold's relationship with King Swithbert and Queen Olympia.
4. What was Christian's motives to form a relationship with Marigold? What was Magnus' motives in his relationship with Marigold?
5. Predict the outcome if Queen Olympia could have kept Christian away from Marigold.
6. Suppose you could sense peoples' feelings or thoughts when you touched them as Marigold was able to do. What would you do? How would you handle it?

The timeline would be to read it by January 27th because then we will choose a new book.

People can post comments or questions whenever they like. The Chelsea Book Club is an actual book club that meets once a month face to face and we discuss the book, have refreshments and chat.

I thought it would be fun to use splore as a place to share what we are doing and invite others to read along with us. We read one book a month. That's about it. You can check out our website for a list of all the books we've read in the six years we've been meeting together and there's a link to another book club and what they are reading.

I accidentally erased the main page earlier today and am putting it back together, but the page with the books we've read is intact.

http://chelseabookclub.weebly.com/

What page are you on and what do you think?

So if you are reading the book this month, add a comment under this post for what page you are on and add any comments. Then come back and update it when you get farther. Just click the "write your own" button and then "edit" it when you want to add/change anything.

I think each month's book will get it's own splore, so they don't get super long.

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Hi everyone, new book!

What is the next book?

I finished the second book.

Book Club was fun tonight.

Not done yet...

Discussion question #3

I finished the book! I'm left with some questions, though.

Discussion question #2

Is there some significance with the tooth fairy, or is she just in there for fun?

Discussion question #1 Why did Christian, at the young age of 6, runaway from home, and insist his family never be found?

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The timeline would be to read it by January 27th because then we will choose a new book.

This is a great idea.

I bumped the synopsis up to the top and pasted your comments onto it. Thanks for joining the splore!

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