Twig and Turtle 2: Toy Store Trouble

Description

The second book in a new chapter book series about sisters who move to a tiny house with their family to start a simpler new life. Twig and Turtle are adjusting to their new lives in Happy Trails, Colorado. Twig's adopted Great Dane is a therapy dog at their school, and can visit the tiny house -- as long as Bo can stay small and quiet. And the whole family is getting to know their neighbors, and the local businesses. One of the rules of the tiny house is that the girls can only have 5 toys (for space). Turtle really really wants a miniature truck, and parts with an old toy in order to get it. But when Turtle goes to the local independent toy store, she is distressed to find the store divided in half, pink toys on one side, and blue toys on the other. That is so wrong! Turtle is going to set that store right, even if it means taking sides in their small, tight-knit community.

Jennifer Richard Jacobson is the award-winning author of many books for children and young adults including the early-reader series Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Dolores Starbuckle, and her most recent book, The Dollar Kids. A graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, when not writing, Jennifer provides trainings in Writer's Workshop for teachers. Jennifer lives in Maine with her husband and dog.

"A delightful installment in the "Twig and Turtle" series that touches on creativity, friendship, and expansive understandings of gender. Highly recommended for all public and school collections"-School Library Journal, Starred Review "Jacobson again shows her strength in creating problems seemingly specific to one setting but experienced by many children; without a hint of didacticism, she allows Twig to reach a creative solution to the problem. Short chapters, generous use of dialogue, and text-supporting spot art scaffold the reading for newly independent chapter book readers. This series reaffirms the old adage that good things come in small packages." -The Horn Book