Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend (Violet Mackerel #5)

by Anna Branford (Author) Elanna Allen (Illustrator)

Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend (Violet Mackerel #5)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Violet Mackerel
Violet Mackerel hopes that her new next door neighbor, Rose, will become a good friend. But after a nice morning at Rose's house, Violet has some worrying thoughts. Luckily a helpful older sister, a big imagination, and a particularly brilliant idea just might turn Violet's possible very good friend into a definite one. Illustrations.
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Gr 1-3--Violet Mackerel is worried. Her family has moved to a new house, and she is hoping for a friendly girl to live next door, but she worries that her clothes, hand-me-downs from her older sister, might not be impressive enough. And when Violet does meet a new girl named Rose who lives next door, she worries that her homemade birthday present won't be special enough. The fifth installment in this early chapter book series is as whimsical and honest as ever. Young readers will delight in the enthusiasm that Violet and Rose devote to their playdates and the attention to detail that they give to the teeny, tiny notes that they pass back and forth through the small knothole in the fence bordering their houses. Violet is a lover of all small things, being one of them herself, and that comes across deliciously in the passages that depict the girls building a friendship based around an appreciation of miniatures for a dollhouse, tiny bells, purple gemstones, and other items that might be inconsequential to grown-ups but are beloved by Violet. Charming grayscale illustrations, again sketched by Allen, connect and expand upon the text. Fans of Junie B. Jones, Clementine, and Amber Brown will happily add Violet to their reading shelves as well.--Lisa Kropp, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY

Copyright 2014 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"The fifth installment in this early chapter book series is as whimsical and honest as ever. Young readers will delight in the enthusiasm that Violet and Rose devote to their playdates and the attention to detail that they give to the teeny, tiny notes that they pass back and forth through the small knothole in the fence bordering their houses. Violet is a lover of all small things, being one of them herself, and that comes across deliciously. . . . Charming grayscale illustrations, again sketched by Allen, connect and expand upon the text. Fans of Junie B. Jones, Clementine, and Amber Brown will happily add Violet to their reading shelves as well."—School Library Journal, March 2014
Anna Branford
Anna Branford was born on the Isle of Man and spent parts of her childhood in Africa and in Papua New Guinea. Now she lives in Melbourne, Australia, with a large black cat called Florence. She writes, drinks cups of tea in her garden, and makes dolls and other small things, which she sells at early morning markets. Anna is the author of the Violet Mackerel series. Visit her at AnnaBranford.com.

Elanna Allen lives in New York with her husband and sons, where she writes and illustrates children's books and designs characters for television. She wrote and illustrated Itsy Mitsy Runs Away and has created characters for Disney, Nickelodeon, and PBS. Stop by and say hi at ElannaAllen.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781442494565
Lexile Measure
1040
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date
May 06, 2014
Series
Violet Mackerel
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Families
Family life
Friendship in children
Moving, Household
Worry
Worry in children

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