They wouldn’t take up a tremendous amount of class time, yet could be used to kickstart some seriously productive discussions, and could also be used to teach craft. And these books would be excellent choices for read-alouds in any grade. Hooked by the excellent storytelling and intrigued by the cleverly broached themes, striving readers won’t be able to put the books down until the very end - at which point they will have gained a great deal of reading confidence. But these books are wonderful for Middle Grade readers. The Ratsos books occupy that murky territory between picture books and solidly Middle Grade novels. (Her other chapter book series, The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters, is similar in all of these ways.) The Ratsos books are always interesting and entertaining - if not flat-out hilarious - but they also deftly tackle all kinds of thorny topics and big ideas. One of the things that regularly amazes me about Kara’s work is her ability to simultaneously write on multiple levels. Project Fluffy is the third installment of her The Infamous Ratsos series - one of my personal favorites. Today I’m excited to welcome Kara LaReau to the MG Book Village! She’s here to discuss her latest book, Project Fluffy, which just hit shelves yesterday.
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