Ellie Irving

This book is really silly, and kids are going to love it. Armadillo is lonely he throws a party for his friend, and they ask will there be cake? Will there be music? Will there be games? When Armadillo says yes, he thinks of these party items differently than the other animals do. But everything works out in the end. There is a cadence to this book which is nice, but sometime is a little tongue twisty, and it rhymes really well, but there are a few harsh rhymes, like every time they rhyme jaguar. This is because while the rhyme works, it throws the cadence off but overall it works. The illustrations are wonderful and fun and I could see going back to this book over and over again.… (mehr)

Billie’s dad is away at war and she is not coping very well at all. With another visit to the chairs outside the principal’s office she is given the punishment of helping out at Hope Spring Retirement home where her nana will be moving to.
But Billie has big concerns that serving cups of tea to the old folks, the schools annual three-legged race is coming up and her dad won’t be there to defend the title they hold. So Billie, with not other choice, decides to write to Her Majesty to bring her dad home, with surprising consequences.
This is a delightful and funny story which readers ages 10 and over will enjoy no end.… (mehr)