Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Cloudberry Castle.
Cloudberry Castle. Cloudberry Castle Janey Louise Jones Kelpie--Floris Books c/o Myrick Marketing & Media PMB 248, 455, Sam Ridley Parkway West, Smyrna, TN 37167 9780863157653, $11.99, www.amazon.com "Cloudberry Castle" is a delicious chapter book about anirrepressible, spunky heroine named Katie Mackenzie whose familyinherits a Scottish castle (Cloudberry) that needs to be saved. Katie,who loves to dance ballet like her mother, dreams of convertingCloudberry into a fabulous ballet school, but she needs some mysterioushelp from Dr. Campbell, a previous castle owner and author (and ghost?)who leaves a manuscript of a potentially big selling Egyptian book forKatie to try to sell to save the castle. There are many setbacks anddelays to Katie's ideas about saving Cloudberry Castle byconverting it to a ballet school, but young girls ages 8-12 will lovefollowing the dreams and schemes of Katie through to their satisfyingconclusion. "Cloudberry Castle" contains just the right mix ofhardships with joy, disappointments with developments, and creativevision spiced with fun, talent and artistry. Author Janey Louse Joneshas also written the popular and successful "Princess Poppy"books for young girls.
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