Title: Mouse Scouts
Author: Sarah Dillard
Meet Violet, Tigerlily, Hyacinth, Petunia, Junebug, and
Cricket, six new Mouse Scouts who are trustworthy and strong, thrifty and brave
. . . and destined to be friends to the end! Best friends Violet and Tigerlily
can’t wait to start earning their merit badges. But their troop leader, Miss
Poppy, is one strict rodent. And earning their first badge—planting a vegetable
garden—is hard work. Will the troop drive unwanted pests from the garden and
earn their Sow It and Grow It badge? And will they ever get Miss Poppy to
smile?
The first thing I said when I open the package with these
books in it was “These are so cute!”.
Just the cover and coloring was adorable. Yes they were “girly” colors but they weren’t
flashy shiny pink. They have such soft
pretty colors! Actually they almost look retro with the coloring, lettering and
illustrations.
Ok now about what was after the cover! This was just a fun
little story with a nice message. The
girls have to work hard, and work together to get their garden to grow and to
solve problems that crop (see what I did there!) up like bugs and lack of
water. It was nicely done with ideas
coming in different ways. The girls
didn’t always see eye-to-eye on what to do, but in the end they worked it out.
I really kinda liked that Miss Poppy was stern and almost
crabby. I know it’s weird to like that,
but I was glad it didn’t fall into the pattern of the overly sweet troop leader
that teaches them everything. Instead,
because of how Miss Poppy is, the girls step up and figure things out
themselves. Much better!
Final thought: Cute
series that will appeal to young girl readers – especially those in Daisy
Scouts!
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