Ladybug Girl
by Jacky Davis, David Soman
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Author: David Soman, Jacky DavisBrand: Dial
Illustrator: David Soman
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-13
ISBN: 0803731957
Number of pages: 40
Publisher: Dial
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- ISBN13: 9780803731950
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A children's book celebrating everyday things
Summary: 5 Stars
What a cool costume Ladybug Girl wears! Could it be indicative of heroic things inside the covers? I thought so until I read the book. Wait a minute! Is this all? No heroism (well, maybe one tiny act), no major drama trauma, no fits, just one little girl out with her dog for the day, just doing everyday things.
Everyday things. How can a children's book possibly be entertaining, filled with everyday things. The first time I read the book, I was so disappointed. I picked it out from our spring book fair because I liked the cover. After I read the story, I thought, Well, my students will think I'm pouring molasses.
Absolutely not so. "Ladybug Girl" has been one of the best received books I've read to classes this school year. They "got" it--they understood--and was I impressed!--that daily-ness is as essential to a child's play life as exciting events. They didn't say so in so many words, but when half the class wanted to check out this book, THAT was a key indicator that this is a "good" book.
A celebration of daily-ness. That's what I finally derived as the point of the book--after all, what is the point of creating a book if there is no point to it? Agreed? And daily-ness. Don't the ordinary things have import, too? After I closed the book, I sighed. This was my childhood, I thought. This is Every Girl's childhood (barring exotic lifestyles). It's a treasure, this book, this "Ladybug Girl." Here's what I mean:
1. Lulu (yes, that's the girl's name) wants to be entertained by others, but on this day, no one will accommodate her. She's on her own--with her Bassett hound Bingo, who can mimic every facial expression Lulu stocks.
2. She stands in her room, surrounded by all kinds of things to play with and declares: "There's nothing to do."
3. She goes into the library and looks at all the books. The problem is that Lulu doesn't yet read.
4. Outside, she finds ants marching over a rock, moves the rock, thus establishing herself as hero!
5. At the tiny pond she imagines a shark and splashes through it anyway!
6. She adds to the stone wall.
7. She walks along a giant, fallen tree.
8. She catches falling leaves.
9. She sits on a tree branch and makes her brother and his friends appear tiny through her thumb and index finger.
This is a lovely book celebrating childhood, the simple things, the best things. However, Ladybug Girl is not her only creation. On the inside covers, front and back, are a total of 16 other personages that Lulu assumes: pirate, witch, famous actress, space cadet, ballerina, tiger, mermaid, painter, fairy, and others. What a rich imaginative life this girl has! And not one video game in sight!
Summary of Ladybug Girl
Lulu?s older brother says she is too little to play with him. Her mama and papa are busy too, so Lulu has to make her own fun. This is a situation for Ladybug Girl!
Ladybug Girl saves ants in distress, jumps through shark-infested puddles, and even skips along the great dark twisty tree trunk?all by herself. It doesn?t matter what her brother says, Ladybug Girl is definitely not too little!
In this sweet and cheerful story by husband and wife team Jacky Davis and David Soman, one not-so-little girl discovers how to make some fun that is just her size, right in her own backyard.
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