Saturday, December 14, 2019

Smell the Daisies by Judith Henderson illustrated by T.L. McBeth - ADVISABLE

Smell the Daisies by Judith Henderson illustrated by T.L. McBeth, 51 pages. PICTURE BOOK Kids Can Press, 2019. $13. 9781771387903

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Oleander and Sally Mander are back in their 3rd book, learning new vocabulary words from the Sprinkle Fairy. In 5 funny stories we learn about "regurgitate" when Sally and a bird argue about who gets to eat the worm; "attire" when Sally is inappropriately dressed at the diner; "flabbergasted" "procrastinating" and "pecadillo" round out the new words. 

 It's so fun to learn fancy vocabulary words in this Big Words, small stories series. I appreciated that the new words are (for the most part) still in general use today. McBeth's silly illustrations are the perfect accompaniment to Henderson's delightful early chapter book.

Lisa Librarian

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