(Jonah's efforts to survive the third grade are complicate...)
Jonah's efforts to survive the third grade are complicated by the new boy in class, who has the potential for either becoming a friend or beating him up.
(Busy third grader Jonah Twist must endure giving a school...)
Busy third grader Jonah Twist must endure giving a school report on elephant seals with the bossy Juliet Fisher, while worrying that his new kitten may have eaten his older brother's hamster.
(Possessed by a raging enthusiasm for practicing science, ...)
Possessed by a raging enthusiasm for practicing science, eight-year-old Lydia Jane enlists the aid of her grandmother, a former science professor, in her struggle against her prim and proper after-school baby-sitter.
(When Mama goes to town for the day and Dooley the dog run...)
When Mama goes to town for the day and Dooley the dog runs off after a rabbit, a child trusts that Aunt Whistle will be able to call them back home again.
(After her teacher assigns sloppy, talkative, annoying Lyd...)
After her teacher assigns sloppy, talkative, annoying Lydia Jane to share perfect, straight-A student Juliet Fisher's double desk, Juliet formulates a plan to make things right again. Reprint.
(In order to gain attention, middle-child Granville Jones ...)
In order to gain attention, middle-child Granville Jones sets out to gain entry into the Guinness Book of World Records by glowing in the dark through eating beans, in a fifth book incorporating Granville and his fellow third-graders.
Natalie Honeycutt is an American writer of books for both younger and older readers, based in California.
Background
Natalie Honeycutt was born on February 5, 1945, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. She is the daughter of Linwood Benjamin Honeycutt and Phyllis Arlene Cooley. Honeycutt was the second of five daughters. She grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and by the fifth grade, she had fallen in love— with reading.
Education
Honeycutt attended the University of Maine and California State University at San Francisco.
Honeycutt devoted her career to writing. Since 1980, she works as a freelance writer, living in California.
Her quartet of books for middle-grade readers, all based in the same third-grade classroom and featuring recurring characters: Jonah Twist, his buddy, Granville, perfect, bossy Juliet Fisher, and the untidy but enthusiastic Lydia Jane. These characters and their adventures have been featured in The All New Jonah Twist, The Best-Laid Plans of Jonah Twist, Juliet Fisher and the Foolproof Plan, and Lydia Jane and the Babysitter Exchange, the first two of which have earned awards for Honeycutt.
Honeycutt has also written for both younger and older readers with Whistle Home, a picture book, and a novel Ask Me Something Easy for young adults. Honeycutt is credited with fast-moving stories which usually involve multi-layered plots, for her fine delineation of character, and her vivid details which bring her stories to life.
Achievements
Natalie Honeycutt is best known as the author of a quartet of books for middle-grade readers, as well as of her award-winning novel Ask Me Something Easy for young adults.
Several of Honeycutt’s books have appeared on Master Lists for Young Reader Awards in several states.