Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nick's in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over.

Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she's also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen -- it's a Frindle.

It doesn't take long for Frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and Mrs. Granger would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn't belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens.  This quirky, imaginative tale about creative thought and the power of words will have your young audience inventing their own words.

“Frindle is …about discovering the true nature of words, language, thought, community, learning. It’s also about great teaching and great teachers, and about the life that surges through corridors and classrooms every school day.”  - Andrew Clements

Curriculum Connections - Language Arts, Reading, Vocabulary, Spelling, Creative Writing, Literature

Public Audience:  All Ages
School Time Audience:  Grades 3 to 6th; Ages 8-12