Picture Book #23 Me & Neese

Author: Eloise Greenfield

Title: Me & Neesie

Illustrator:Jan Spivey Gilchrist


Readability: 4.2

Genre: Picture Book


Subgenre: Realistic

Theme: You will always have a friend no matter if everyone else can see them or not

Primary and Secondary Characters: Neesie, Janell, Mom, Dad, Aunt Bea

Award(s) date of publication: 2005

Publishing Company: Harper Collins

ISBN number: 0-06-000702-8

Summary:

Me and Neesie is about janelle and her imaginary friend Neeise. The story opens with Janelle getting her hair cornrolled by her mother while Janelle is making silly face making Janelle laugh and where her mother could not. After her mom gets done with her hair her mom ask her does she want to help fix lunch for her Dad and Aunt Bea who were on there way, Janelle declines saying she wants to with Neesie. Her mother says that find but she was not allowed to talk about Neesie once Aunt Bea came because it would frighten her.
Sadly Neeise did what she wanted and almost was sat on by Aunt Bea, Janelle screamed to distract Aunt Bea from sitting down. She thought Neeise was a ghost and swung her walking stick trying to hit Neesie she barely missed her.  The next day Janelle went to class and Neeise waved as she walked away.  When Janelle went to school she had and when she returned back home  Neesie was gone. She told her momma, she was kind of glad, her mother said sorry and said she would read her a book. Neesie laid her head on her lap and listen.

Use in the classroom:

Students could write about where Neeise went, why she left, and how did she became Janelle friend in the first place. Students can write about there first day of school for the first time ever and describe the day and great detail.