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Various Specs
Specs McCann never sets out to cause trouble, but somehow everything he does ends up in hilarious confusion.
When his Biology Class tries growing bean plants, Specs produces one with a most unusual and headstrong vine that threatens the school. When it's time for the class photograph and everyone wishes he could disappear--who does? When he tries to practice Boy Scout preparedness, the results are truly amazing. And what happens when he lands in the infirmary for just a few days, when he goes to baby-sit, when he buys a new bike, when he befriends a mouse, when he visits his youngest awful sister on Sports Day at her school...
There must be a little bit of magic at work. Or is it just wishful thinking? Nothing surprises Specs, and although peculiar mishaps dog his steps, he treats every incident with a matter-of-fact resourcefulness that makes the nonsense even funnier. Each chapter is a complete story, so that the book may be read as a novel or broken into shorter segments for the reader's pleasure--and pleasure it is when there's a boy like Specs around.
When his Biology Class tries growing bean plants, Specs produces one with a most unusual and headstrong vine that threatens the school. When it's time for the class photograph and everyone wishes he could disappear--who does? When he tries to practice Boy Scout preparedness, the results are truly amazing. And what happens when he lands in the infirmary for just a few days, when he goes to baby-sit, when he buys a new bike, when he befriends a mouse, when he visits his youngest awful sister on Sports Day at her school...
There must be a little bit of magic at work. Or is it just wishful thinking? Nothing surprises Specs, and although peculiar mishaps dog his steps, he treats every incident with a matter-of-fact resourcefulness that makes the nonsense even funnier. Each chapter is a complete story, so that the book may be read as a novel or broken into shorter segments for the reader's pleasure--and pleasure it is when there's a boy like Specs around.
127 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1971
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Janet McNeill
74 books9 followersJanet McNeill was born in Dublin in 1907 and spent many years in Northern Ireland. Author of more than 20 children's books, as well as adult novels, plays, and two opera libretti, she was best known for her children's comic fantasy series My Friend Specs McCann.
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October 9, 2017
This was cute! It reminded me so much of books I loved as a child... I wish I could go back in time and give this to kid-me.
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