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Jada Jones #3
Sleepover Scientist
Jada Jones is back for the third book of this popular, celebrated series perfect for STEM fans!
Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned: kitchen chemistry, creating invisible ink, and even making slime! But when her friends get tired of the lessons and just want to hang out, can Jada figure out the formula for fun and save the sleepover?
Jada is hosting her first sleepover, and she has lots of cool scientific activities planned: kitchen chemistry, creating invisible ink, and even making slime! But when her friends get tired of the lessons and just want to hang out, can Jada figure out the formula for fun and save the sleepover?
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 8, 2019
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About the author
Kelly Starling Lyons
52 books114 followersKelly Starling Lyons is an award-winning author whose 17 titles for children span easy readers, picture books, chapter books, fiction, nonfiction, and series. For more than a decade, Lyons has been creating inspiring books that center Black heroes, celebrate family, friendship and heritage and show all children the storyteller they hold inside. Her acclaimed titles include Going Down Home with Daddy, Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice & Sing Inspired Generations, Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon, Tiara's Hat Parade and the Jada Jones chapter book series. Her new easy reader series with illustrator Nina Mata, Ty's Travels, debuts September 1. The first book, All Aboard, earned a starred Kirkus review.
Lyons counts Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, Best of the Year and state award lists, Junior Library Guild selections, a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor among the accolades her books have received. Two of her books, Hope's Gift and Going Down Home with Daddy, have represented the states of North Carolina and Georgia, respectively, at the National Book Festival's Parade of the States.
Lyons is a founding member of The Brown Bookshelf, a team dedicated to raising awareness of Black children's book creators, a Raleigh-Durham co-ambassador for The Authors Guild, and a teaching artist who visits schools, libraries, conferences and festivals nationwide. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and children where she facilitates a book club for boys that salutes literary treasures from Black authors and illustrators of today and the past. Learn more at www.kellystarlinglyons.com.
Lyons counts Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, Best of the Year and state award lists, Junior Library Guild selections, a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor among the accolades her books have received. Two of her books, Hope's Gift and Going Down Home with Daddy, have represented the states of North Carolina and Georgia, respectively, at the National Book Festival's Parade of the States.
Lyons is a founding member of The Brown Bookshelf, a team dedicated to raising awareness of Black children's book creators, a Raleigh-Durham co-ambassador for The Authors Guild, and a teaching artist who visits schools, libraries, conferences and festivals nationwide. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and children where she facilitates a book club for boys that salutes literary treasures from Black authors and illustrators of today and the past. Learn more at www.kellystarlinglyons.com.
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January 19, 2024
Review on Reread:
Now that we've read the rest of the series, I liked this a lot more. This book is about Jada's friend Mari who moved away and her current best friends, Lena and Simone. All 4 are reunited for a sleepover and Jada and Mari love science while the other 2 do not. The girls have to figure out how to have fun together, even if all their interests aren't the exact same. I really enjoyed it more this time and thought the brattiness was relatable and appropriate for the context.
Original Review:
I liked this because it inspired my daughter to want to do science, but truthfully the other girls were pretty bratty. Jada gets to pick an event and she wants to have a science sleepover and 2/3 of her friends poo poo everything she does. I think it had a good purpose but the execution was meh.
Now that we've read the rest of the series, I liked this a lot more. This book is about Jada's friend Mari who moved away and her current best friends, Lena and Simone. All 4 are reunited for a sleepover and Jada and Mari love science while the other 2 do not. The girls have to figure out how to have fun together, even if all their interests aren't the exact same. I really enjoyed it more this time and thought the brattiness was relatable and appropriate for the context.
Original Review:
I liked this because it inspired my daughter to want to do science, but truthfully the other girls were pretty bratty. Jada gets to pick an event and she wants to have a science sleepover and 2/3 of her friends poo poo everything she does. I think it had a good purpose but the execution was meh.
July 1, 2024
I accidentally started with book 3. a girl throws a sleepover party, a science one, and her friends don’t really like science so it goes wrong. she also has a surprise guest, her cousin that moved away. It makes her really happy that all this is happening, but when the trouble comes, it’s not that happy. Everyone learns to become better friends in the end, even if they like different things. By Mollie 🙊 (age 9)
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December 12, 2020
“I couldn’t believe all of my friends wanted to leave. My happiest day ever was turning into my worst. The sleepover was crashing fast. What was I going to do?”
Jada decides to have a sleepover with her two best friends, Lena and Simone. Jada wants to do exciting science experiments at the sleepover because who wouldn’t love that? But after hearing sleepover horror stories from other kids, Jada begins to worry. Will her friends like the science theme? Lena and Simone don’t care that much about science at school. Too bad Mari, her friend who moved away, couldn’t be there. She loves science as much as Jada does.
On the big day, Jada has everything organized and decorated. When the doorbell rings, she discovers that the first friend to arrive is none other than Mari ... in town for a wedding. What a great surprise! And when the other girls arrive, everyone is excited. But things start to go wrong from the very first experiment. Will Jada be able to make all of her friends happy?
Cute story for young readers, new to chapter books. Students will be able to relate to the joy and pain of friends and sleepovers.
Jada decides to have a sleepover with her two best friends, Lena and Simone. Jada wants to do exciting science experiments at the sleepover because who wouldn’t love that? But after hearing sleepover horror stories from other kids, Jada begins to worry. Will her friends like the science theme? Lena and Simone don’t care that much about science at school. Too bad Mari, her friend who moved away, couldn’t be there. She loves science as much as Jada does.
On the big day, Jada has everything organized and decorated. When the doorbell rings, she discovers that the first friend to arrive is none other than Mari ... in town for a wedding. What a great surprise! And when the other girls arrive, everyone is excited. But things start to go wrong from the very first experiment. Will Jada be able to make all of her friends happy?
Cute story for young readers, new to chapter books. Students will be able to relate to the joy and pain of friends and sleepovers.
April 5, 2020
4/4/2020 ~ Sometimes, things don't go quite the way we planned. Sometimes our friends' interests don't quite align with ours. Jada has big plans for her sleepover, but her friends have other ideas.
(I loved the image of the four girls sleeping in their bonnets. :) )
(I loved the image of the four girls sleeping in their bonnets. :) )
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June 17, 2020I’d recommend Sleepover Scientist: Jada Jones to kids who are having trouble figuring out how to relate to friends who don’t share their passions. It provides a really nice model for being open about feelings and finding compromises that everyone will enjoy.
February 5, 2019
My 3rd Graders really enjoyed this book! It had relatable situations and dialogue.
April 13, 2019
This series continue to remain a family favorite and we can't be happier about it.
May 30, 2019
So stinkin cute!!
March 22, 2019
Jada holds her first sleepover in the third book in the series.
She plans a night full of science as that's her favorite and learns a hard lesson about listening to her friends too.
Characters are relatable and the text is simple to read for mid-elementary students.
She plans a night full of science as that's her favorite and learns a hard lesson about listening to her friends too.
Characters are relatable and the text is simple to read for mid-elementary students.
January 17, 2021
Cute story! Jada is excited to have her best friends over for a science-theme sleepover. Will it be a "wondermazing" or "lame" event? Read this enjoyable story to find out.
Jada's excitement: "An evening all about science with my BFFs. Couldn't get any better than that"(kindle loc. 39).
Jada's excitement: "An evening all about science with my BFFs. Couldn't get any better than that"(kindle loc. 39).
July 23, 2022
3.5 stars. While Jada probably should have checked with her friends before the party if they would enjoy doing lots of science experiments, Simone is quite the kill-joy and not a very good guest for part of the sleepover. Thankfully they work it out.
December 6, 2023
I read this book with my daughter. It was our first Jada Jones book. She was so amazed to see the four girls in their bonnets! She sat up so fast with so much joy in her eyes! That right there is why books like this matter! We’re looking forward to the next one!
December 12, 2021
Probably my least favorite so far.
April 7, 2024
My daughter loves this series of books.
July 22, 2024
Book three in the series, which reminds us that we have to consider other people’s feelings, ideas, and needs. Another cute one!!
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