In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen
Cynthia Rylant. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $14 (64pp) ISBN 978-0-689-81711-3
Three creative cousins bring can-do spirit and goodhearted fun to this new chapter book series from Newbery Medalist Rylant. Nine-year-olds Lily, Rosie and Tess are bunking with their Aunt Lucy for a whole year while their parents--ballet dancers all--tour the world. They've made a cozy haven in Aunt Lucy's attic where they can each enjoy their favorite pursuits and dream up fun things to entertain themselves. Starting a cookie company is the first order of business in In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen, and the girls manage to play match-maker for Aunt Lucy and befriend a 90-year-old neighbor on her birthday while delivering batches of cinnamon crinkles. And in A Little Shopping the girls show their flair for arts and crafts when they whip up something special for Aunt Lucy. Rylant's confident and sweet-natured heroines are the kind of girls-next-door that anyone would want to know better. Her chipper tone and succinct, yet open-ended stories will encourage her target readership to come up with their own creative projects. Halperin's (Once Upon a Company) generous sprinkling of cozy, pale-hued pencil-and-watercolor illustrations throughout capture a warm family dynamic and provide energetic expressions for a friendly cast. Ages 7-10. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 09/28/1998
Genre: Children's
Paperback - 64 pages - 978-0-689-81708-3
Paperback - 109 pages - 978-0-689-87103-0
Prebound-Glued - 53 pages - 978-0-7569-0420-3
Prebound-Other - 978-1-4176-2681-6
Prebound-Other - 56 pages - 978-0-606-16211-1
Prebound-Sewn - 64 pages - 978-0-613-28533-9