Kelsey Green, Reading Queen is the first book in Claudia Mills's Franklin School Friends series.
Claudia Mills is the author of over 50 books for young readers. To write her books she draws on childhood memories of growing up in New Jersey as well as funny stories her two sons brought home from elementary school and middle school as they grew up in Colorado. She loves to visit schools, where she is always on the prowl for material that can make its way into a chapter book or middle grade novel. Claudia is also a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, specializing in ethics and political philosophy, who has published many articles on philosophical and ethical themes in children's literature, including essays on the work of Maud Hart Lovelace, Eleanor Estes, Betty MacDonald, Louisa May Alcott, and Rosamond du Jardin.
"This new series shows a lot of promise." --Kirkus Reviews "First in a new series, the chapter book explores Mills's favorite subject--everyday life with a side of ethical examination." --The Horn Book "Sure to be enjoyed by fans of Clementine, Ivy and Bean, and Judy Moody." --School Library Journal
When the principal of Kelsey's school announces a month-long reading contest, Kelsey is positive she will lead her third-grade class to victory. Kelsey loves books like her best friends, Annika and Izzy, love math and running, and nothing is going to stop her class from winning-or stop Kelsey from reading the most books. Except, maybe, for Simon, who reads as voraciously as Kelsey, or Kelsey's parents, who insist she miss reading time to attend her siblings' various functions ("Her mother called it 'being a family' "). Certain that Simon is cheating, Kelsey enlists Annika and Izzy to help spy on him. Single-minded and a tad selfish, Kelsey isn't always the most pleasant of third-graders-but she's 100% realistic. And although Kelsey's excitement about the reading contest skews her priorities, she redeems herself (and shares her love of books) when she helps out a classmate who struggles with reading. Shepperson's (The Memory Bank) lively pencil illustrations capture the upbeat mood of this excellent first book in the Franklin School Friends series. Author's agent: Stephen Fraser, Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Ages 7-10. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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