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Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat
By BRANFORD, Anna
- ISBN
- 978-1-4424-3594-0 978-1-4424-3595-7 978-1-4424-3596-4
- Publisher
- S & S Atheneum
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2013 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 1–3—In this beginning chapter book, seven-year-old Violet Mackerel has a soft spot for Small Things, being one herself. She notices a sparrow trapped inside the local shopping mall and the ladybugs in her backyard. After being told to "buzz off" by her big sister, Nicola, for suggesting that she could use the ladybugs for he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2013
The youngest in her family, Violet has always felt a kinship with small things. In this third entry in the series (Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot, rev. 9/12; Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery, rev. 1/13), she dreams up the Theory of Helping Small Things: "If you do something to help a small thing, that small thing might find a way to help you." Violet is feeling especially insignificant because the family's attention is focuse...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
