Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways: Candlewick Sparks

by Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Laura McGee Kvasnosky (Illustrator)

Overview

The fabulous fox sisters return in three funny stories perfect for beginning readers. 

Whether Zelda and Ivy are combating the injustice of cucumber sandwiches for lunch, deciding what to leave the children of the future in their time capsule, or solving Zelda's writer's block, they are sure to tickle the funny bones of both new and returning fans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763666354
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/09/2013
Series:	Candlewick Sparks Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	280,507
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

  

Editorial Reviews

Another appealing offering. . . . Bright, expressive cartoon illustrations complement the fine writing.
—School Library Journal (starred review)

Three satisfying stories of two sisters create one rewarding read.
—The Horn Book (starred review)

Jaunty gouache art takes them through three predicaments. . . . It’s all delightfully droll.
—San Francisco Chronicle

Children will recognize the details and the sibling dynamics. . . . Kids will look forward to more from the Fox sisters.
—Booklist

From the Publisher

When Zelda and Ivy's parents serve them cucumber sandwiches for lunch, these sibling buddies take appropriate action: They run away from home. Not far away, though; they retreat to the backyard, taking the proper amenities. This great act of self-empowerment is only the beginning of the Fox girl's magnificent adventures.

Outraged that their father has made cucumber sandwiches again, the siblings first introduced in Zelda and Ivy (in a starred review, PW wrote, "Rare for a book about siblings, its sympathies reach out to readers regardless of their birth order"), pack their bags in Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnosky. Always in synch with her audience, the author does not let the sisters stray far (they peek at their parents through the hedge) in the title story; the other two involve creating a time capsule and magic potion. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-Gr 3-Another appealing offering featuring the spirited fox sisters. In the first chapter, Zelda and Ivy run away from home when cucumber sandwiches appear on the lunch menu. They take a blanket and their favorite toys to their backyard, where they can keep an eye on their parents, who don't seem to miss them at all. When they finally go back inside, they discover that their father has saved them the very sandwiches that they were trying to avoid. In the second episode, the siblings are making a time capsule to be opened in one hundred years. Zelda drops in her lucky jewel, while Ivy adds her cherished doll. It doesn't take long, however, for the sisters to realize that they can't part with their favorite possessions. The third chapter finds Ivy making a secret potion and Zelda struggling to write a haiku. Then their friend Eugene comes up with a clever way to use Ivy's concoction to ease Zelda's writing pains. Bright, expressive cartoon illustrations complement the fine writing in this beginning reader.-Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

In three new episodes, the Fox sisters discover that not even running out to hide in the yard will save them from yet another lunch of cucumber sandwiches, that it's not a good idea to put something you'll miss into a time capsule and that a sprinkle of "creative juices" made from a secret formula can dispel the most stubborn case of writer's block. As in previous appearances, the sisters, their parents and Ivy's friend Eugene (the one who suggests the "creative juice") are depicted as long-nosed foxes, furred in various bright orangey tones but placed in human settings. Unlike previous outings, these wry tales are presented in easy-reader format, and they'll make tasty fare for newer readers. (Easy reader. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews