Library Book
2016, Alfred A. Knopf
118 pgs.
Fantasy - Anthropomorphism - Early Chapter Book
Finished 4-2-17
Goodreads rating: 3.67 - 123 ratings
My rating: 5
Setting: Contemporary anywhere, USA
First line/s: "Violet placed her acorn cap on her head. It made her forehead itch and her ears stick out, but that didn't matter!"
My comments: There are three reasons that I really like this beginning chapter book. First, it's about mice that are scouts....every Daisy and Brownie in the US can relate to this, the song, the pledge, the handbook, the uniform (including the acorn hat!). Second, at the end of each chapter are step-step directions...for kids....about how to go about beginning and growing a garden, including taking care of pests! It's like a nonfiction book written in fiction form. I'm not a nonfiction lover, but would sit down to read this informative book in a second as a kid. And third, I love some of the language that Sarah Dillard uses. Although written for really young kids, she uses words that can be understood just from the context of the sentence in which they're written. Looking forward to reading another in this series to see whether she follows the same format, because it's wonderful.
Goodreads synopsis: Meet Violet, Tigerlily, Hyacinth, Petunia, Junebug, and Cricket, six new Mouse Scouts who are trustworthy and strong, thrifty and brave . . . and destined to be friends to the end! Best friends Violet and Tigerlily can’t wait to start earning their merit badges. But their troop leader, Miss Poppy, is one strict rodent. And earning their first badge—planting a vegetable garden—is hard work. Will the troop drive unwanted pests from the garden and earn their Sow It and Grow It badge? And will they ever get Miss Poppy to smile?
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