(Dr. Teagan Beahan Sr.) Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Knots in My Yo-Yo String. This work is considered a variation on Spinelli's autobiography. 3 online classroom games to energize your class; March 30, 2021 *Slightly Spoilers* the end is a bit tragic, but it tells the reader that no one’s life is perfect. Some of the things that he writes about Is his love for baseball which I haven't know before about him. Qty: Free . Although he is from a different generation from me, it was nostalgic and brought back a lot of my fun childhood memories. This book demonstrates Spinelli's gift for being able to speak to his young readers. This little book allows most of us…at least those of us over thirty… to take a trip back in 148 pages of pure bliss. I have read probably 85% of Spinelli's books and even met him once. Overall I feel that this was a very interesting book that if your going to start to read his books, this is the first one that you should read. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. I saw his neighborhood, ran along his train tracks, waded in his creek, raced with his friends, played baseball on his field, and listened throu. I didn't pick up his autobiography for the first time until much later. TV and movie screens have shaded us from the evocative power of sound. No ratings yet 0. This book is an autobiography about Jerry Spenelli. Spinelli was born in Norristown, PA and has the fondest memories of his childhood where he was raised. I revisited those memories with every chapter. Book Format: Paperback. In his poem "Goal to Go" Spinelli uses the phrase: crash the Hall of Fame. I'm sure he could have told his story in a more interesting way or had used experiences that let us connect to him. Refresh and try again. Spinelli, Jerry—Childhood and youth—Juvenile literature. The book describes the life of Spinelli from the time he was a child to the time he was a senior. Throughout his reminiscing, Spinelli points out the influences that ultimately turned him into a writer. Then I feel the pliers grip the end of the nail on my right index finger, and cold sweat pours from me, and I feel the tug of the pliers and then the pain begins—and I sing. Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee was one of my favorite books in elementary school. Maybe it really should be 4. Knots in My Yo-Yo String. This book is a collection of short stories that were big moments of jerry's life. I cried after his dog died without ever having had a dog myself. I saw his neighborhood, ran along his train tracks, waded in his creek, raced with his friends, played baseball on his field, and listened through his classes. Hard to pick an audience for this book though--he is a children's author, but adults will enjoy the remembrances. It was a bunch of things that happen to most kids except he exaggerated it to make it sound interesting. How many of us ever stop to consider that our own parents were once young, in love, and with the whole world at their feet? More by Jerry Spinelli Skip this list. Knots in my yo-yo string: the autobiography of a kid / by Jerry Spinelli. The description of one of his acquaintances ("the little man who hands you soap") still lingers with me thanks to this statement: "...I have come to learn what he never knew he taught, that Garfield Shainline was not the teacher but the lesson." We have a pretty nifty selection in the 921s here in my school, if I do say so myself, but a good many of the choices fall in the picture book variety. It was very fun and relatable, and hearing about his childhood was fun. He really shows connections between his life and his books. Ready to see some of your favorite stories come to life? 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