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Lucky Star
Star is having a lucky day. Then she gets her own library card and finds the perfect book. But suddenly everything goes wrong. Will Star ever be lucky again?
48 pages, Library Binding
First published June 1, 2000
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About the author
Megan McDonald
295 books740 followers"Sometimes I think I am Judy Moody," says Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody series, the Stink series, and THE SISTERS CLUB. "I'm certainly moody, like she is. Judy has a strong voice and always speaks up for herself. I like that."
For Megan McDonald, being able to speak up for herself wasn't always easy. She grew up as the youngest of five sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, an ironworker, was known to his coworkers as "Little Johnny the Storyteller." Every evening at dinner the McDonalds would gather to talk and tell stories, but Megan McDonald was barely able to get a word in edgewise. "I'm told I began to stutter," she says, leading her mother to give her a notebook so she could start "writing things down."
Critically acclaimed, the Judy Moody books have won numerous awards, ranging from a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year to an International Reading Association Children's Choice. "Judy has taken on a life of her own," the author notes, with nearly 3 million Judy Moody books in print. Interestingly, the feisty third-grader is highly popular with boys and girls, making for a strong base of fans who are among Megan McDonald's strongest incentives to keep writing, along with "too many ideas and a little chocolate." And now -- by popular demand -- Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, gets his chance to star in his own adventures! Beginning with STINK: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING KID, three more stories, and his own encyclopedia, STINK-O-PEDIA, Stink's special style comes through loud and strong -- enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the first book. About the need for a book all about Stink, Megan McDonald says, "Once, while I was visiting a class full of Judy Moody readers, the kids, many with spiked hair à la Judy's little brother, chanted, 'Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink!' as I entered the room. In that moment, I knew that Stink had to have a book all his own."
More recently, Megan McDonald has recalled some of her own childhood with the warmth, humor -- and squabbles -- of three spunky sisters in THE SISTERS CLUB.
Megan McDonald and her husband live in Sebastopol, California, with two dogs, two adopted horses, and fifteen wild turkeys that like to hang out on their back porch.
For Megan McDonald, being able to speak up for herself wasn't always easy. She grew up as the youngest of five sisters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, an ironworker, was known to his coworkers as "Little Johnny the Storyteller." Every evening at dinner the McDonalds would gather to talk and tell stories, but Megan McDonald was barely able to get a word in edgewise. "I'm told I began to stutter," she says, leading her mother to give her a notebook so she could start "writing things down."
Critically acclaimed, the Judy Moody books have won numerous awards, ranging from a PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year to an International Reading Association Children's Choice. "Judy has taken on a life of her own," the author notes, with nearly 3 million Judy Moody books in print. Interestingly, the feisty third-grader is highly popular with boys and girls, making for a strong base of fans who are among Megan McDonald's strongest incentives to keep writing, along with "too many ideas and a little chocolate." And now -- by popular demand -- Judy Moody's little brother, Stink, gets his chance to star in his own adventures! Beginning with STINK: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING KID, three more stories, and his own encyclopedia, STINK-O-PEDIA, Stink's special style comes through loud and strong -- enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the first book. About the need for a book all about Stink, Megan McDonald says, "Once, while I was visiting a class full of Judy Moody readers, the kids, many with spiked hair à la Judy's little brother, chanted, 'Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink! Stink!' as I entered the room. In that moment, I knew that Stink had to have a book all his own."
More recently, Megan McDonald has recalled some of her own childhood with the warmth, humor -- and squabbles -- of three spunky sisters in THE SISTERS CLUB.
Megan McDonald and her husband live in Sebastopol, California, with two dogs, two adopted horses, and fifteen wild turkeys that like to hang out on their back porch.
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March 12, 2017
Illustrations are adorable!
October 19, 2013
Read by: Melanie
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Andrea Wallace
Interest Level: K-2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
DRA: N/A
Lexile: 80L
Star is excited that she has her library card and forgets about everything else while she is reading. She loves the new book and feels like the luckiest girl in the world, until she stains a page and ends up ripping it after trying to clean it off. She finds a way to pay the library for the book she ruined and is able to find her good luck again. Sometimes books with simple story lines can grab a students attention more so than one with a story line that is difficult to follow.
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Author: Megan McDonald Illustrator: Andrea Wallace
Interest Level: K-2
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
DRA: N/A
Lexile: 80L
Star is excited that she has her library card and forgets about everything else while she is reading. She loves the new book and feels like the luckiest girl in the world, until she stains a page and ends up ripping it after trying to clean it off. She finds a way to pay the library for the book she ruined and is able to find her good luck again. Sometimes books with simple story lines can grab a students attention more so than one with a story line that is difficult to follow.
October 2, 2015
I thought it was fantastic that this book encouraged children to take care of library books. After Star receives her first library card, and stains a page on a book from the library. After some challenges, Star is able to repay the library for the book. This simple storyline is great for readers who are beginning to read chapter books. The pictures help the reader to know what is going on during the whole story.
March 26, 2015
i wanna have Blister as my BFF
April 10, 2015
How could I not like a kids book that encourages taking care of library books!
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