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The Critter Club #14
Ellie the Flower Girl
Ellie’s dream of being a flower girl comes true in the fourteenth book of The Critter Club series!
When Ellie learns that her cousin is getting married, she’s really excited! She has always wanted to go to a wedding. But then she gets even better news when her cousin asks her to be a flower girl! Then the Critter Club gets the cutest guest Ellie has ever seen: a little French bulldog. Ellie works hard to find a home for the puppy, but she’s worried she won’t be able to. Suddenly she has an idea that will guarantee that the puppy lives happily ever after!
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
When Ellie learns that her cousin is getting married, she’s really excited! She has always wanted to go to a wedding. But then she gets even better news when her cousin asks her to be a flower girl! Then the Critter Club gets the cutest guest Ellie has ever seen: a little French bulldog. Ellie works hard to find a home for the puppy, but she’s worried she won’t be able to. Suddenly she has an idea that will guarantee that the puppy lives happily ever after!
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!
129 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 2, 2016
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November 4, 2023
We are still loving this series. This book follows Ellie as she is asked to be a flower girl. The dress is really blah so she tries to jazz it up but ends up getting a big blob of orange paint on it. They're also trying to get a little dog adopted. It all ends well in the end. :)
July 28, 2024
Ellie had always trained about becoming a flower girl. At her cousin Hallie’s wedding, she was the flower the flower girl!
Ellie’s dress was very plain. Ellie didn’t like her dress. One day, she accidentally spilled orange paint onto the dress! Ellie didn’t know what to do.
Ellie’s dress was very plain. Ellie didn’t like her dress. One day, she accidentally spilled orange paint onto the dress! Ellie didn’t know what to do.
November 11, 2016
Barkley, C., & Bishop, T. (2016). Ellie the Flower Girl (Vol. 14, The Critter Club). New York: Little Simon.
• Summary: This book is the 14th in the popular Critter Club series. Ellie has always dreamed of being a flower girl in a wedding and decorating the aisle perfectly and beautifully; plus, Ellie’s friend Liz got to go to her uncles wedding last year! One day, Ellie discovers that her cousin is going to get married and she is so happy that she will be invited to such a spectacular event! Soon she recognizes that she may be a part of the wedding and have the opportunity to wear a beautiful dress too. Until one day, she is told fantastic news, Ellie’s big cousin requests her to be the flower girl in the wedding. Then Ellie gets even happier when a cute little French bulldog named Lulu, pops into the Critter Club animal shelter. However, Ellie works really hard to find the puppy a good home and gets overwhelmed that she may not be able to. In the end Ellie has the perfect idea for the puppy and herself that makes everyone happy.
➢ Higher level thinking questions
1. Create a new end to the story, if Lulu was not adopted?
2. How would you write this story from the puppy’s point of view? Write three paragraphs.
3. What choice would you have made if you were in Ellie’s situation with the puppy?
4. What did you like best about this story?
5. What examples support that Ellie made a good decision toward the end of the book about the home for Lulu?
• Summary: This book is the 14th in the popular Critter Club series. Ellie has always dreamed of being a flower girl in a wedding and decorating the aisle perfectly and beautifully; plus, Ellie’s friend Liz got to go to her uncles wedding last year! One day, Ellie discovers that her cousin is going to get married and she is so happy that she will be invited to such a spectacular event! Soon she recognizes that she may be a part of the wedding and have the opportunity to wear a beautiful dress too. Until one day, she is told fantastic news, Ellie’s big cousin requests her to be the flower girl in the wedding. Then Ellie gets even happier when a cute little French bulldog named Lulu, pops into the Critter Club animal shelter. However, Ellie works really hard to find the puppy a good home and gets overwhelmed that she may not be able to. In the end Ellie has the perfect idea for the puppy and herself that makes everyone happy.
➢ Higher level thinking questions
1. Create a new end to the story, if Lulu was not adopted?
2. How would you write this story from the puppy’s point of view? Write three paragraphs.
3. What choice would you have made if you were in Ellie’s situation with the puppy?
4. What did you like best about this story?
5. What examples support that Ellie made a good decision toward the end of the book about the home for Lulu?
February 17, 2018
Review by Grace, age 7, 2/17/18
This book is about Ellie getting to be a flower girl. (Who is getting married?) Hailey, her cousin.
(How does Ellie feel about this?) So really, really happy. (What is she most excited about?) The dress.
But it was just a plain violet dress. This wasn't very exciting to her. She decided to make it look prettier. So she got a sparkly pink belt and put it around the dress, and then got some other stuff out. (Did she make it better?) When she was trying to close it (the art thing) for dinner it was jammed, so she kept pushing harder and then suddenly the orange paint popped open and squirted straight onto her dress! Her mom couldn't do anything. Her cousin didn't respond when she was trying to tell her about it. And finally her cousin came in and was talking about adopting this puppy, but Ellie wanted to talk about the dress. Her cousin had an idea. She tried everything to get it off, then finally she cut off the painted part of the dress, put on a white underskirt - ruffled - and she she looked lovely. (How did it end?) When she had a wedding. It was really nice.
(Would you recommend this book to other kids.) Yeah. 'Cause I really liked it. (Did you have a favorite part?) When they were decorating the dress.
This book is about Ellie getting to be a flower girl. (Who is getting married?) Hailey, her cousin.
(How does Ellie feel about this?) So really, really happy. (What is she most excited about?) The dress.
But it was just a plain violet dress. This wasn't very exciting to her. She decided to make it look prettier. So she got a sparkly pink belt and put it around the dress, and then got some other stuff out. (Did she make it better?) When she was trying to close it (the art thing) for dinner it was jammed, so she kept pushing harder and then suddenly the orange paint popped open and squirted straight onto her dress! Her mom couldn't do anything. Her cousin didn't respond when she was trying to tell her about it. And finally her cousin came in and was talking about adopting this puppy, but Ellie wanted to talk about the dress. Her cousin had an idea. She tried everything to get it off, then finally she cut off the painted part of the dress, put on a white underskirt - ruffled - and she she looked lovely. (How did it end?) When she had a wedding. It was really nice.
(Would you recommend this book to other kids.) Yeah. 'Cause I really liked it. (Did you have a favorite part?) When they were decorating the dress.
September 21, 2025
In this book, Ellie gets to be a flower girl in her cousins wedding. She accidentally smgets paint on her plain flower girl dress. She and her cousin fix it up and her cousin adopts Lulu, a French bulldog puppy.
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October 10, 2019
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October 5, 2022
We actually DNF’ed this at Eliana’s request
Eliana’s review: “Ellie is going to ruin this dress and I don’t even want to look at this book anymore. Please read something else.” Well ok then!
Eliana’s review: “Ellie is going to ruin this dress and I don’t even want to look at this book anymore. Please read something else.” Well ok then!
September 8, 2023
Appropriate for: all ages!
My 6 year old daughter loves Critter Club and so do I. Each book has a really good message and cute animals. I like that there's pictures on every page.
My 6 year old daughter loves Critter Club and so do I. Each book has a really good message and cute animals. I like that there's pictures on every page.
July 11, 2024
Read with my daughters. They enjoyed it!
September 23, 2022
It was great!
December 27, 2016
Barkley, Callie Ellie the Flower Girl (The Critter Club #14), Illustrated by Bishop, Tracey.113 pgs. Little Simon, 2016. $16.99. Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G Violence: G
Ellie has decided that it would be wonderful to be a flower girl in a wedding, and her wish comes true when her cousin asks her to be just that. But things go wrong from the start, first off the dress isn’t fluffy and sparkly, its just plain. Then she has an accident with the dress. Will her dreams be crushed? Also the girls of the critter club are trying to find a home for a puppy and not having luck either. Features many illustrations to aide ease of understanding for new readers.
I adore this series, the text and plot is just right for K-2 grade new readers and is filled with adorable illustrations. That being said I usually only buy the first 2-5 books in a liked series, it just gets too overwhelming after that in my small school library.
EL(K-3) –ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2016/...
Ellie has decided that it would be wonderful to be a flower girl in a wedding, and her wish comes true when her cousin asks her to be just that. But things go wrong from the start, first off the dress isn’t fluffy and sparkly, its just plain. Then she has an accident with the dress. Will her dreams be crushed? Also the girls of the critter club are trying to find a home for a puppy and not having luck either. Features many illustrations to aide ease of understanding for new readers.
I adore this series, the text and plot is just right for K-2 grade new readers and is filled with adorable illustrations. That being said I usually only buy the first 2-5 books in a liked series, it just gets too overwhelming after that in my small school library.
EL(K-3) –ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2016/...
November 18, 2017
It is a cute story with cute B/W illustrations on each page. Much of the writing is too convoluted and it could be much more direct, clear, concise, and (therefore) fun.
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