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osprey_archerAt last I have gotten my hands on Ladybug Girl! It showed up in mending very battered - battered enough that I'm not entirely sure that it was worth all the time I put into saving it; but I couldn't resist.
Lulu wants to play baseball with her brother, but he insists that she's too small and runs off to play with his friends. Left by herself, Lulu mopes briefly, only to recall that she is LADYBUG GIRL - clearly capable of conquering a single morning in which she has to entertain herself! Accompanied by her trusty sidekick, Bingo the dog, Ladybug Girl undergoes adventures like hopping through a deep (possibly shark-infested) puddle, walking along a fallen log, and climbing a tree, from which vantage point she can see the whole neighborhood.
Including the fact that her brother is arguing with his baseball-playing friends, and not having nearly as much fun as Lulu. Ah, yes. Living well is the best revenge.
We also got another Olivia book - another series that features a charmingly imaginative heroine, although this one is a headstrong piglet rather than a somewhat timid but persistent little girl. One thing I love about the Olivia books is the sense of epic DRAMA they give - in this book, Olivia and the Missing Toy, Olivia loses a toy, and when she finds it that night - "It was a dark and stormy night," the narrative pauses to inform us - the story needs AN ENTIRE FOLDOUT PAGE that is almost entirely, dramatically BLACK, to really underline the fact that the toy has been... DESTROYED! By Olivia's dog.
Olivia insists on bedtime stories about cats that night.
I have been thinking that there are a lot of completely charming picture book series aimed at girls: Ladybug Girl, Olivia, Fancy Nancy, Angelina Ballerina, the older but still much-beloved Frances and Eloise and Madeline books. I'm not sure if it's really that there aren't as many series aimed at boys, or if I just notice those series less - or if they exist but come through mending less often, because the girls are the ones who are loving their books to death.
Lulu wants to play baseball with her brother, but he insists that she's too small and runs off to play with his friends. Left by herself, Lulu mopes briefly, only to recall that she is LADYBUG GIRL - clearly capable of conquering a single morning in which she has to entertain herself! Accompanied by her trusty sidekick, Bingo the dog, Ladybug Girl undergoes adventures like hopping through a deep (possibly shark-infested) puddle, walking along a fallen log, and climbing a tree, from which vantage point she can see the whole neighborhood.
Including the fact that her brother is arguing with his baseball-playing friends, and not having nearly as much fun as Lulu. Ah, yes. Living well is the best revenge.
We also got another Olivia book - another series that features a charmingly imaginative heroine, although this one is a headstrong piglet rather than a somewhat timid but persistent little girl. One thing I love about the Olivia books is the sense of epic DRAMA they give - in this book, Olivia and the Missing Toy, Olivia loses a toy, and when she finds it that night - "It was a dark and stormy night," the narrative pauses to inform us - the story needs AN ENTIRE FOLDOUT PAGE that is almost entirely, dramatically BLACK, to really underline the fact that the toy has been... DESTROYED! By Olivia's dog.
Olivia insists on bedtime stories about cats that night.
I have been thinking that there are a lot of completely charming picture book series aimed at girls: Ladybug Girl, Olivia, Fancy Nancy, Angelina Ballerina, the older but still much-beloved Frances and Eloise and Madeline books. I'm not sure if it's really that there aren't as many series aimed at boys, or if I just notice those series less - or if they exist but come through mending less often, because the girls are the ones who are loving their books to death.
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Date: 2016-02-09 03:20 am (UTC)Those have also branched out to the early reader books that kids start reading by themselves, as well as short chapter books in the juvenile section. Though I think those are called Nancy Clancy.
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Date: 2016-02-09 02:29 pm (UTC)