Violet is back with a little bit of helpfulness and a whole lot of heart in this third book of the effervescent Violet Mackerel series.

Violet is the smallest in her family, and has a special affinity for Small Things everywhere. So when she finds a tiny ladybug in the garden, she expects she knows how it feels. It probably has to go to bed before all the others, and whenever it finds out something interesting (like that your ears keep growing all your life even when you are old), the bigger ladybugs probably say they already knew.

Violet wants to help the ladybug, so she names her Small Gloria, puts her in a jar, and feeds her cheese toast. And then Violet wakes up to a horrible surprise. But thankfully, even as Violet learns a hard lesson about natural habitats, she realizes how nice it is to share her own habitat with a big sister.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 05/21/2013
ISBN: 9781442435940
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2013 pg. 81
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2013 pg. 79
School Library Journal 06/01/2013 pg. 76
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 159030 / Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 1