Melonhead and Moxy Maxwell are two great, loveable characters who also find trouble. They are real characters that kids can relate to and enjoy in two separate books. You can compare these characters to Clementine, Stink, Judy Moody or Fudge. These two great chapter books for children in grades 3-5th are both funny and heart-warming with two characters that never have a dull moment!
Melonhead by Kate Kelly is a spin-off from the book Lucy Rose. Melonhead is short for Adam Melon. Adam lives in Washington D.C. with his parents, who both work on the hill. With Adam there is never a dull moment. In this first book Adam and his friend Sam have been given a school assignment of a science experiment of “reinventing”, meaning recycle the old into the new. Sam and Adam are excited about this new assignment and their adventures unfold as they go about concocting, creating and reinventing some sort of invention. This is a hilarious story that includes a great experiment with diapers, (how many cups of water can they hold before exploding) as well as many melonhead disasters along the way. This is a laugh out loud funny series.
Melonhead
Melonhead and the Big Stink
Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me
Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can’t Believe
Luce Rose: Working Myself to Pieces and Bits
Lucy Rose: Big on Plans
Now let’s meet Moxy Maxwell. In her first book, Moxy Maxwell Does not Love Stuart Little, Moxy doesn’t like being told what to do, especially what to read. She loves to read, but only what she wants to read. Moxy is 9 years old and has a twin brother who pretty much does the opposite of Moxy and Moxy likes to procrastinate, really procrastinate. In fact she is the “tween” of procrastination. The twins have a summer reading assignment and now it is the day before school is to start and Moxy still hasn’t read the book, Stuart Little. Her brother, on the other hand read the book the first day of summer. But now there isn’t much time left, and even though Moxy carried the book around all summer with the intention of reading it she never did. Now her mother has demanded that she read the book or she won’t be able to participate in her water ballet recital. In fact she has strict instructions from her mother to not leave her room until she has read all of Stuart Little or there will be “consequences”. Of course that isn’t possible with Moxy. Come join Moxy for a day in her life and see what crazy things ensue, like cleaning her room, training the dog, inventing an automatic swinging hammock as well as planting a peach orchard.
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Like Writing Thank-You Notes
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Like Practicing the Piano but She Does Love being in Recitals
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