Katharine the Almost Great: The Artsy-Fartsy Auction
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 pg 5 Seeing Red CHAPTER 2 pg 13 Attitude vs Sassitude The Bidding Begins pg 23 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 Glum Chums pg 33 CHAPTER 5 Bad News pg 43 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 A Plan for Crockett pg 51 Ammer the Hammer pg 61 One Smart Cookie pg 71 CHAPTER 8
chapter 1 Seeing Red Roy G Biv would be proud said Mrs Dee to Crockett Your painting is bright and cheery Crockett dipped his brush in his paint He swooshed it over his green pear His fruit bowl was bright and cheery Mine was not cheery It was dreary Dreary with a capital D Crockett leaned over What’s with all the red he asked I shrugged and stared at my painting I had red apples red grapes red peaches and red raspberries 5
Who’s Roy G Biv I asked Vanessa Don’t you remember anything We learned that in kindergarten sighed I tap tap tapped my paintbrush on the table Kindergarten was a long time ago Was it a composer I asked Vanessa laughed Crockett laughed I scrunched my face Was it a scientist Then Matthew laughed A lot It was not a chuckle moment I tossed my paintbrush on the table Is anyone going to tell me Mrs Dee drew a picture on the board It’s a way to remember the colors of the rainbow She pointed to each color Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo and Violet Roy G Biv 6
