Maxs Words, Kate Banks
Maxs Words, Kate Banks
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Max's Words

Author: Kate Banks

Narrator: Andrew Watts

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/07/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Max's Words by beloved children's author Kate Banks is "in a word: captivating" (Booklist). Benjamin collects all kinds of stamps, and Karl has a huge collection of shiny coins. Neither of them, however, will let their younger brother Max touch any of their neat stuff. So since his brothers won't share, Max decides to start collecting on his own. But what should he collect? How about . words! Using scissors, he begins snipping words out of periodicals. "This tale pays homage to the written word and may get children thinking about cutting and pasting their own stories ."-School Library Journal, starred review

About Kate Banks

Kate Banks (1960–2024) wrote many award-winning books, including And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for best picture book, and Max’s Math won the Mathical Book Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on February 21, 2010

Grades K-3 Max's brothers collect stamps and coins, and they will not share their collections. Max decides to collect words. At first his words are small: at, but, the, but then his collection grows to include the words of his favorite colors, food, and animals. He starts collecting words he doesn't......more

Goodreads review by Beverly on March 15, 2011

This book would work very well as a read aloud and to use in connection with a vocabulary lesson or writing sentences. (It would work well with a lesson on sharing, too.) Students will enjoy hearing the story read aloud and may even be inspired to create their own word collections. Kulikov's excelle......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on November 11, 2011

I loved this book. I would use this just as max did. I would have the students cut out words they know from magazines ( words they like, ate, played with, etc). Then I would challenge them to from word they dont know and look them up so it can be words they do know. While finding words they dont kno......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on September 06, 2017

Max’s Brothers both collect items and Max is feeling a little left out. He decides to collect words, one word leads to another until Max has a story worth telling. This book aids in language development and makes writing stories seem fun. Would be a great book to read to students who are learning to......more

Goodreads review by Syeda on July 11, 2018

Max’s Words is characterized as a work of non-fiction that falls into the Arts & Leisure category. It is designed particularly for children who are between ages five and eight. This book is about a little boy, named Max, who sees that his brothers have grand collections; Benjamin collects stamps whi......more