ISBN: 9781442435940.
Read Sept 20, 2013
This
was a delightful book - I'll have to check out the others. Violet is
the youngest in her family, so she sympathizes with the little ladybug
in the garden. It probably suffers all sorts of hardships being the
youngest, just like she does. Her attempt to help backfires
dramatically, and the rest of the book is a sweet (but not treacly) and
deft handling of animal (ok, insect) death, mourning, intentions vs
actions, and sibling interactions.
I especially like how the B-plot dealt with her
older sister's despair at the upcoming science fair - it's nice to see a
girl character who doesn't immediately jump to crafts, and isn't shown
as a font of endless spectacular ideas.
UPDATE: These books are so cute and amazing. I just adore them.
First one is Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot. ISBN: 9781442435858
Second is Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery. ISBN: 9781442435889
Third (the one I found first) is the ladybug one.
New (that I haven't read yet) is Violet Mackerel's
Personal Space. ISBN: 9781442435926
That one's plot summary has Mom and Vincent getting hitched and they all have to
move to a new house. This one has Dylan with the difficulties, instead
of Nicola from the ladybug incident.
I really like that not only does Violet have a
difficulty herself in the A plot, but she is aware of and helps her
siblings with their difficulties in the B plots of the various stories.
Perfect for bedtime reading to a beginning reader (4-8ish) or
for solo-reading for accomplished independent readers. Violet herself
is around 7 for this series.
Also, Brilliant Plot has poffertjes! (Dutch dessert pancakes.)
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