Amelia Works It Out

Moss, Marissa

ISBN 10: 1584850817 / ISBN 13: 9781584850816

Published by Amer Girl Pub, 1863

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Synopsis:

Amelia draws on her artistic talent to earn money for something special that she really wants.

Reviews: Grade 3-5-Amelia desperately wants the new status sneakers that everyone else has but her parents think they are too expensive. With thoughts of raising the money herself, she tries her hand at yo-yo repair, dog walking, and making greeting cards. Unfortunately, most of her business enterprises end in disaster. Clever and delightful illustrations add spark to the text, and Moss's wonderful imagination adds humor to everyday predicaments. Fans of the series as well as newcomers will appreciate how Amelia finally works out her problem.
Wendy S. Carroll, Montclair Cooperative School, NJ
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Gr. 3-5. When Amelia's mother refuses to get Amelia the expensive Lightscape/ Nightscape shoes that "everybody at school hasexcept me," Amelia decides to earn the money herself. Unfortunately, her first ventures meet with limited success: selling purple lemonade proves impossible, and walking three dogs at once, catastrophic. But as Amelia confides in her notebooks and muses about dream jobs, she eventually comes up with an idea that uses her skills, wins her friends' admiration, and makes a profit, too. Like other books in the popular Amelia's Notebook series, this features a hand-lettered, first-person text and colorful, naive drawings purported to be Amelia's, and as usual, Moss successfully voices the outlook and concerns of many children through her resourceful, yet vulnerable main character. Carolyn Phelan
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Amelia Works It Out
Publisher: Amer Girl Pub
Publication Date: 1863
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good