I was in a wedding once.
A flower girl at three years old I think.
But I was never in charge of the ring,
and good thing;
I would have lost it.
With no Iphone back then,
how would I have found my way around ? 🙂
Title: Max and Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding
Published by: Viking, 2014
Written by: Rosemary Wells
Illustrated by: Rosemary Wells
Word Count: 744
Pages: 40
In one word: Adventure!
In one sentence: Max and Ruby are due at the Warthogs’ wedding, but wait…Max lost the ring and now they have to search the whole hotel to find it!
Favorite pages:
Likes:
I really like the little IBunny phone flaps that show the map. Kids will love being able to point out where they should go next! And they’re SO SPARKLY!
Typical Max and Ruby. I love these siblings! They fight JUST enough to be believable J
The conflict about losing the ring drives the whole book!
The illustrations are bright and fun and I love the little illustrations running along the side of some pages to add more interest!
Learns:
Center your story around one conflict or quest and let us follow along with your characters as they go for it!
Use up that white space! Find places where illustrations can be added.
Flaps rock in a story where they’re needed. Do you have a story that could benefit from some fun flaps or something similar?
What did you read today?
I made a thank you note in preparation for tomorrow’s author.
Hint: He’s YA, and sometimes he can write about Uglies 🙂
I’m there to hear him talk about his new book though. Should be fun!
See you tomorrow,
KE
