AVEN GREEN proves you don't need arms to enjoy life! Introducing Dusti Bowling's new chapter book series.
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Dusti Bowling's heroine, Aven Green, won me over from the first moment I met her in Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus. So it was with delight that I picked up Aven Green Sleuthing Machine. In this new chapter book series, Bowling introduces us to Aven as a third grader who throws herself into everything she does with both feet, no arms needed. This first book in the series finds Aven solving mysteries. She's already solved several successfully including "The Mystery of the Missing Ice Cream" and "The Mystery of the Sticky Floor". But when she runs into a couple of more challenging mysteries she may need the help of her friends, her teacher, and her grandmother. Lunches start going missing at school, even from the faculty room, and Aven is determined to figure out who did it. But an even bigger mystery arises when her grandmother's dog disappears. With her can-do-it attitude and her brain of many brain cells, surely Aven can save the day. Not only is this tale of mystery and daring-do, hilarious, but the reader also enjoys seeing Aven make a new friend. A winning tale that is bound to be a favorite with young readers who enjoy Judy Moody and Ivy and Bean stories.
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Aven is an expert baker of cakes and cookies. She’s been baking with her mom for a really long time. Since she was born without arms, Aven cracks eggs and measures sugar and flour with her feet. Now, she has her eye on the prize: a beautiful blue ribbon for baking at the county fair. So she teams up with her friends Kayla, Emily, and Sujata. But It turns out they all have very different tastes and a lot of opinions about baking. Talk about a recipe for disaster.
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For young chapter book readers who enjoy Judy Moody and Ivy and Bean, Aven Green is a great new character for them to enjoy. In this second volume, Aven and her friends decide to enter a baking contest. But Aven's strong opinions about what should be entered cause problems when the girls meet together to try different recipes and pick one to enter in the contest. Her refusal to even try raisin clafouti not only drives her friends away but disappoints her mother as well. Learning to try new things before judging them may be the only way for Aven to win back her friends or enter the contest. Once again, Aven takes center stage in a humorous adventure in friendship and cooking. The inclusion of recipes at the back is a nice bonus. Aven makes for a winning heroine because is so genuine in both her strengths and weaknesses. A great addition to the series.
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