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Dear Mr. Coville,
Our third grade class just finished reading Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher and started The Monster’s Ring. We think both stories are wonderful and imaginative.
Our class was captivated by the beginning of Jeremy Thatcher where Jeremy finds Tiamat at the magic shop. We thought that it was sweet and mysterious.
We loved all the funny parts of the story. For example, we enjoyed the scene where Mary Lou is invited to dinner at Jeremy’s house. We laughed wildly when Tiamat was chasing Jeremy’s cats at the dinner table. It was funny when Jeremy’s dad tried to catch the cats, but accidentally splatted into his mashed potatoes.
We felt a little sad when Tiamat had to leave for her dragon world. However, we liked the plot twist in the Epilogue where she returns into Jeremy’s mind to share beautiful images with him. We were wondering why you had Tiamat leave for her dragon world.
Even though we just started The Monster’s Ring, we are very impressed with Katherine Coville’s illustrations and think they are mind-blowing funny.
We would love another magic shop book where all the characters in Mr. Elive’s Magic Shop appear together. What do you think of this idea? How about a girl running the shop?
Thank you for writing wonderful books. We think that you’re an amazing author.
Happy Halloween!
Best wishes,
Your fans in Ms. B’s third grade class
Our third grade class just finished reading Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher and started The Monster’s Ring. We think both stories are wonderful and imaginative.
Our class was captivated by the beginning of Jeremy Thatcher where Jeremy finds Tiamat at the magic shop. We thought that it was sweet and mysterious.
We loved all the funny parts of the story. For example, we enjoyed the scene where Mary Lou is invited to dinner at Jeremy’s house. We laughed wildly when Tiamat was chasing Jeremy’s cats at the dinner table. It was funny when Jeremy’s dad tried to catch the cats, but accidentally splatted into his mashed potatoes.
We felt a little sad when Tiamat had to leave for her dragon world. However, we liked the plot twist in the Epilogue where she returns into Jeremy’s mind to share beautiful images with him. We were wondering why you had Tiamat leave for her dragon world.
Even though we just started The Monster’s Ring, we are very impressed with Katherine Coville’s illustrations and think they are mind-blowing funny.
We would love another magic shop book where all the characters in Mr. Elive’s Magic Shop appear together. What do you think of this idea? How about a girl running the shop?
Thank you for writing wonderful books. We think that you’re an amazing author.
Happy Halloween!
Best wishes,
Your fans in Ms. B’s third grade class
Reply by Bruce Coville
Ahoy Ms. B's Class -
Many thanks for this marvelous message! I'm delighted that you have enjoyed the adventures of Jeremy Thatcher and Russell Crannaker. I have indeed thought about doing a book that brings together all the Magic Shop kids, but haven't come up with a plot for such a story yet! Maybe it will happen someday.
It might interest you to know that Russell and Eddie are both based on kids I had in my own classroom back when I was teaching 4th grade!
Have a fabulous Halloween!
Your friend,
Bruce Coville
Many thanks for this marvelous message! I'm delighted that you have enjoyed the adventures of Jeremy Thatcher and Russell Crannaker. I have indeed thought about doing a book that brings together all the Magic Shop kids, but haven't come up with a plot for such a story yet! Maybe it will happen someday.
It might interest you to know that Russell and Eddie are both based on kids I had in my own classroom back when I was teaching 4th grade!
Have a fabulous Halloween!
Your friend,
Bruce Coville