A new character series for 6-9s featuring the funny, quirky Violet Mackerel - a girl with a mission to think outside the box. Violet Mackerel has her own philosophies on life, and she's ready to put them into practice! Living with her eccentric, creative family, she learns to think differently about things and people - not to mention how to knit, garden (or rather, how not to garden) and make things. In book 1, Violet is smitten by a blue china bird at the market, but she doesn't have any money to buy it. What she needs is a brilliant Violet Mackerel plot!

 

This book is part of a book series called Violet Mackerel .

There are 96 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2012 by Walker Books Ltd .

Anna Branford was born on the Isle of Man, but lives in Australia, where she lectures in Sociology and writes children's books, as well as making dolls using recycled materials. Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot was Honour book in the Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year Awards, Younger Readers Notable Books for 2011. Illustrator Sam Wilson lives in Staffordshire. Violet Mackerel is her first series for children.