In the children's school each week there is an assembly called Friday Fun Time. The young children (I imagine in Kindergarten or perhaps Grade One) are allowed to come on the stage and share their special talent. Sidney has been learning to tap dance. It is not easy but he has been practicing for a long time ready for his special moment. But what about Carrie - she is his friend - but does she have a special talent?
Carrie and Sidney like to watch a talent show on television and one day they see a girl doing amazing tricks wearing roller boots. "As luck would have it" Carrie and her dad see some roller boots in a local charity shop and by an amazing coincidence they are exactly the right size. Carrie expects to put in the boots and begin to skate up a storm - but of course she falls down and down and down. Will Carrie master this new skill and can she please say yes to the offer of help from her best friend Sidney. I am sure many young readers will relate to the ups and downs of this story.
Bookseller blurb: Carrie's best friend Sidney is planning to show off his tap-dancing skills during Friday Fun Time at school and Carrie wants to join in. She plans an amazing routine where Sidney will dance and she will roller skate. But there's one big problem .... Carrie has never roller skated before. Will the performance end in disaster or will their friendship help them to dazzle the audience?
Carrie and the Roller Blade Boots is the second book featuring Sidney. The library I visit each week do something very helpful for the children. They add a little yellow circle sticker on the front cover of books in a series and add a number. I would have had no idea Carrie and the Roller Boots was the second book about these two friends. Note it is not the second book in the Little Gems series just the second book by Lisa Thompson where we meet Sidney and Carrie.
I have talked previously about this series called Little Gems published by Barrington Stoke. Pop that name in my side bar or click the label at the bottom of this post. I know school library budgets here in Australia are shrinking but if you can afford to add books to your library, I highly recommend the Little Gems.
Here are some of the famous authors who write for this series: Holly Webb, Michael Morpurgo, Anne Fine, Dick King Smith, Jeremy Strong, Nick Sharratt, Alexander McCall Smith, Eoin Colfer, Ian Beck, Joseph Coelho and Julia Donaldson.
Little Gems are gorgeous early reader chapter books, written by the cream of children’s talent, with super-readable layouts and design, and a chunky friendly format. Each Little Gem is fully illustrated and they are packed with fun extras and activities. The Little Gems are published with high quality cream paper, the special Barrington Stoke font and illustrations on every page.
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