Marta's Magnets

by Wendy Pfeffer

Marta's sister Rosa calls her magnet collection junk, but Marta's magnets help her make friends in her new home and help her retrieve a lost key for Rosa's new friend

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

Wendy Pfeffer is an award winning author of many children’s books. A former teacher and nursery school director, Mrs. Pfeffer lives in Pennington, New Jersey. In addition to writing, she continues to teach writing and visit schools to share her work.

Reviews

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summary:
Marta has not made any friends, but she loves collecting things. One day she came outside to play with her magnets and had to use one to get someones key out of the drain. The children swarm her and become friends.

Reflection: Great use of being passionate about science. Author does a great job of incorporating a lot of different pieces from hobbies, to making friends, to science.

Themes/connections:
science, magnets, friends, hobbies

[Alida · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually found this book while doing a science unit for another class. It is great because it deals with science, magnets, and relationships. Marta uses her magnets to make friends and help her sister's friend retrieve a key she lost. I would use this when doind a unit on magnets or any other science area.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just read this book this morning to my 6 year old. The story is about a girl who has just moved into a new apartment and shares a room with her tidy sister. Marta collects things and so her side of the room is messy. One of her collections is of magnets and she uses these to "attract" new friends and win her sister and sister's friend over when she rescues keys that have fallen down a storm drain. It evokes wonderful memories of playing with magnets with my children and the age old eventual problem of getting things out of the storm drain.