Laura
McGee Kvasnosky
Fiction
For
ages 5 to 7
Candlewick
Press, 2010, 978-0-7636-4180-1
Zelda and Ivy and their friend Eugene are
going to the movie theatre, and Zelda and Eugene are really looking forward to
seeing the movie Secret Agent Fox.
Ivy is worried that the movie is going to be too scary and she is not comforted
when her sister and friend tell her that what takes place in a movie is not
real.
When the movie starts, Ivy soon forgets to
be afraid. In fact, she is captivated by the action that she is watching on the
screen, as is Eugene. Both of them are so interested in the movie that they
fail to notice that Zelda, who not long ago said “the scarier, the better,” is
not actually watching the movie.
Some time later, inspired no doubt by the
movie they saw, Ivy, Zelda, and Eugene decide to be secret agents and “spy on
people.” They each choose a secret agent name, they decide on a code word, and
then they proceed to spy on Mrs. Brownlie. In their opinion, Mrs. Brownlie is
behaving in a suspicious manner. She is wearing goggles while she is mowing her
yard, and the three friends are eager to find out why.
In this delightful Zelda and Ivy story,
there are three chapters, and in each one Zelda, Ivy and their friend have
delightful adventures that children will be able to identify with. The
characters are charming, and the stories are perfect for children who are
starting to read on their own.
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