Abigail Iris: The One and Only
No. of pages 160
Published: 2010
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Abigail Iris would rather be an "Only," like all her best friends, and not have to compete with any siblings for time or attention. So of course Abigail is thrilled when she joins her friend Genevieve and Genevieve's parents on a trip to San Francisco. Amidst all the fun, though, Abigail just might learn while no one has the perfect family, your family will always be perfect for you.
There are 160 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA .
Lisa Glatt is the author of the Abigail Iris series, as well as the short story collection The Apple's Bruise and the novel A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That. She teaches at California State University, and lives in California, with her husband and their two cats. www. lisaglatt. com Suzanne Greenberg is the author of the Abigail Iris series, as well as Speed-Walk and Other Stories, winner of the Drue Heinz Prize for Literature, 2003. She currently teaches creative writing at California State University. She lives in California, with her husband and their three children. www. suzannegreenberg. com Joy Allen has illustrated more than thirty books, including the Abigail Iris series for Walker, as well as Princess Party and the popular American Girl: Hopscotch Hill School series. She lives in California. www. joyallenillustration. com
"Third grader Abigail Iris is a happy-go-lucky girl. She has a nearly giddy relationship with her loving parents and an almost perfect one with her three siblings, two of whom are half brothers. She feels the pinch, however, of a budgeted household and the inconvenience of sharing her bedroom. She is ecstatic when she can go on vacation with her friend Genevieve, an only child. Instead of camping, they stay in a fancy hotel in San Francisco. Though the perks are great--room service!--Genevieve's dad is always on his cell phone, her mom verges on cranky and Genevieve starts to appear a bit spoiled. Gaining a new perspective, Abigail begins to miss her family. When the vacation is called to an abrupt halt Abigail is happy enough to adopt the authors' message: Being one of many is just fine, and more wealth is sometimes worse than less. With Allen's periodic homespun sketches and a breezy first-person text, this sweet slip of a story is recommended for those girls feeling the squeeze of a crowded and blended family." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"[A] spirited narration . . . Glatt and Greenberg are spot-on in their observations." --"Publishers Weekly"
"Chapter-book readers who have recently outgrown the Junie B. Jones series will find this an engaging choice." --"Booklist"
"Her delight in staying in a hotel brings to mind Kay Thompson's Eloise . . . the novel's light, breezy tone will attract girls looking for entertainment in an easy chapter-book format." --"School Library Journal"