introducing
A is for Elizabeth
a new chapter book series for new chapter book readers
chosen by School Library Journal, Bank Street, and Chicago Public Library as Best Chapter Books!
DO YOU HAVE HUGE FEELINGS?
SO DOES ELIZABETH!
“BEST CHAPTER BOOKS of 2019”
A is for Elizabeth
Introducing Elizabeth! She’s not just Justin Case’s younger sister anymore. She is a second grader with huge feelings, fierce opinions, and an indomitable spirit. She loves glue and being first. Both get her in trouble here — as she stumbles forward into empathy and finds that fairness, speaking up, the alphabet, homework, and friendship are all a bit more complicated than she had thought!
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
Big mouth elizabeth
It’s not fair — Elizabeth’s baby teeth will NOT fall out! When annoying Anna loses a tooth on the playground, a new club is formed: The Big Mouth Club. It’s only for kids who have lost a baby tooth already. So Elizabeth is stuck with Babyish Cali! Or is she? With themes of exclusion, name-calling, an what it really means to be babyish (or not), Elizabeth navigates from being down in the dumps to getting back up in the dumps!
Also a Junior Library Selection!
CAT EARS ON ELIZABETH
Cat ears on your headband is not the only way to look great.
But it is a very good way.
Mallory has glitter folders and bright orange sneakers and a huge pink eraser.
And Mallory has cat ears on her headband.
Then Anna comes to school with cat ears on her headband, too.
Everybody loves how they look in those cat-ear headbands.
Especially Elizabeth.
Elizabeth doesn’t have cat ears on her anything.
She doesn’t even have any headband at all anymore. (They squish her head too much).
Elizabeth needs a cat-ears headband! It’s an emergency!
Maybe a surprise I Love You present from her grandparents will fix everything.
Or maybe Elizabeth doesn’t need to be fixed at all.
A Junior Library Guild Selection!
WINNER of a GRYPHON HONOR!!!
“Vail brings her usual keen powers of observation about kid dynamics to this entry in the A Is for Elizabeth early reader series.”
DOODLEBUG ELIZABETH
Class 2B is getting pets!
What pets will they be?
Elizabeth does not like surprises, but she does like pets.
And she loves butterflies!
Even when they are baby butterflies and just look like smudges. (But, honestly, less.)
When Elizabeth gives her teacher a great idea with her doodles, every kid in 2B gets to choose one animal each to learn about! Elizabeth ends up with…JELLYFISH.
She does not feel a little disappointed with her choice.
Elizabeth has never felt a little ANYTHING in her entire life.
While the smudges grow into butterflies, Elizabeth is growing too – discovering that she can use her love of doodling to help deal with all her big feelings.
Even her feelings about goodbyes, and surprises…and jellyfish!
A Junior Library Guild Selection!