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Millie Fierce Sleeps Out

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Millie Fierce Sleeps Out

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Overview

Little girls can be strong and fierce and brave—and sometimes their ferocity is just the thing they need to save the day.

Millie is strong. Millie is fierce. But Millie has learned to keep her fierceness in check. And since she’s been sweet all summer long, Millie gets to have a sleepout with her friends. One where she promises to be well behaved. But things don't go as Millie planned, and our fierce little heroine is not happy. Still, she tries her best to keep her fierceness inside. But when the scary dog from next door howls at the girls' tent, Millie's ferocity saves them all!

A perfect addition to a bookshelf filled with Fancy Nancy, Eloise, Olivia, and Ladybug Girl.

Praise for the Millie Fierce books:

*"Readers already know what Millie learns: To everything there is a time and purpose, including fierceness; they will welcome this validation."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry."--School Library Journal

"An unexpected Yeatsian lilt to Manning's writing ("Millie frizzed out her hair and made the crazy eye") lifts the text out of the ordinary; her powers of observation set it apart, too."--Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698158559
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	05/29/2014
Series:	Millie Fierce
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	49 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jane Manning is the illustrator of dozens of children's books, including Millie Fierce; Little Goblins Ten written by Pamela Jane; and the bestselling The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches by Alice Low. She is usually very well behaved, but every once in a while, Jane turns fierce, just like Millie.

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From the Publisher

Praise for MILLIE FIERCE SLEEPS OUT

"Readers already know what Millie learns: To everything there is a time and purpose, including fierceness; they will welcome this validation."--Kirkus Reviews

"Manning’s watercolor illustrations burst with color, their cartoonish exuberance a perfect match to the humor of the text. A terrific addition to any collection."--School Library Journal

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Editorial Reviews

06/01/2014
K-Gr 2—In this vivacious follow-up to Millie Fierce (Penguin, 2012), the spunky young heroine is fiercer than ever. Millie knows that her temper, or "being fierce" as the book calls it, gets her in trouble. In order to earn an outdoor sleepover, she keeps her "fierce" in check "as tightly as a rolled tent" all through the summer and then through the detailed preparations for the well-earned event. When her guests finally arrive, Millie's carefully laid plans start to unravel and her self-control is pushed to the limit. Luckily, just as she cannot suppress her frustration any longer, she hears a scary noise outside and channels her fierceness into protecting her guests. Once she deals with the "threat"—a neighbor's pug, she fears that she has ruined everything by letting her anger get the upper hand. However, Millie's guests are grateful for her bravery. Manning's watercolor illustrations burst with color, their cartoonish exuberance a perfect match to the humor of the text. A terrific addition to any collection.—Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY

School Library Journal

Praise for MILLIE FIERCE SLEEPS OUT

"Readers already know what Millie learns: To everything there is a time and purpose, including fierceness; they will welcome this validation."—Kirkus Reviews

"Manning’s watercolor illustrations burst with color, their cartoonish exuberance a perfect match to the humor of the text. A terrific addition to any collection."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

★ 2014-03-12
Manning's Millie returns with fierceness in check until an unwelcome visitor finds her chasing him "like bad luck." Millie, who once had fierceness-management issues, has brought them under control. She has been (in the words of her mother) a "sugar-pie," which entitles her to a backyard "sleep out" with two friends and her dog. Millie plans the sleep out down to a T—which, even for a sugar-pie, is a recipe for trouble—and when her comrades and the dog don't truck to her plans, she struggles to keep "the top on tight / to her inner fierce." When a growl and then a snarl send all but Millie diving for cover, it's time for the inner to seek outer expression. Even though it is only Vincent, the neighbor's pug, snarfing some discarded gummy worms, all are glad when their fears are laid to rest. Manning's understated free-verse text employs repetition and gently applied simile to get to the heart of Millie's emotions. Her artwork is equally expressive, down to each ferociously messy dab of watercolor; it is also, as when Millie's right eye begins to twitch after all the s'mores but one have vanished, touched by the spidery derangement of Ralph Steadman. Readers already know what Millie learns: To everything there is a time and purpose, including fierceness; they will welcome this validation. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews