Green Queen
By Marci Peschke and Tuesday Mourning
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Marci Peschke
Marci Bales Peschke was born in Indiana, grew up in Florida, and now lives in Texas, where she is a librarian. She has lived in three haunted houses, but now lives with her husband, two children, and a feisty black and white cat named Phoebe. She loves reading and watching movies.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and n...moreMy daughter picked out this book and started reading it to her father and I. She picked it originally because her cousin's name is Kylie, but soon she kept reading it because the Kylie Jean of the story was cute, and girlie, and interesting. We all thought it was quite fun that her dog's name was ugly brother, and her determination to become a rodeo queen make her a good role model. It's not so much about Kylie Jean wanting to be a rodeo queen as it is about working hard to achieve a dream and not giving up if there are set backs. I would encourage all little girls to read Kylie Jean Rodeo Queen and to find a dream of their own!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Eight year old Kylie Jean wants nothing more than to be a beauty queen! She practices her beauty queen wave all the time so she can be ready when the big day comes. When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean is struck by the rodeo queen riding in the parade. She makes up her mind that if she cannot be a beauty queen, then perhaps she can be a rodeo queen. Kylie enlists the help of all of her family members—from her uncle to her grandmother—to try to find a rodeo event she can learn in two weeks. When her dad buys a new horse and says it can be hers, she turns to her grandmother (who was once a rodeo queen herself) to teach Kylie how to barrel race. What follows is a whirlwind of bonding with her new horse, Star, and training for the rodeo, culminating in the big event itself.Kylie Jean is a wonderfully spirited character, who brings a taste for the Texas lifestyle to this transitional chapter book. Her family is loveable, and her relationship with her dog, Ugly Brother, is endearing. Kylie’s love for the color pink is emphasized in the cartoon drawings that are dispersed throughout the story, where it is the only color present other than black. While this is cute, her affinity for all things pink is mentioned excessively throughout the story. It is also hard to believe that an eight-year-old could learn barrel racing in just two weeks. Even though Kylie becomes interested in winning the barrel race competition, the end of the book finds her back at her old self, hoping to be a beauty queen, and the character growth that happened during the story is lost. Best suited for grades 3-5.
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Green Queen - Marci Peschke
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When I walk outside, I can tell right away that spring is in the air! The bees are a-buzzin’ and hummingbirds are a-hummin’. The leaves on the dogwood trees are covered with delicate white blooms, like blossoms on a bride’s gown.
Every few feet I see a redbud tree showered with pixie-sized purple flowers. Wildflowers of every kind and color tumble over the greenest grass you’ve ever seen.
A warm breeze sails through the windows on the school bus, and I smile. It’s spring, all right! And that means that Earth Day is almost here!
Every year, our town holds a big parade to celebrate Earth Day. Jacksonville loves a parade. A few of our favorite parades are Homecoming, Santa’s Sleigh, Rodeo, Blueberry Festival, Thanksgiving Day, Veteran’s Day, and the Fourth of July, so you see what I mean.
Just thinking about the Earth Day parade makes me so happy I could sing a sweet song like a white-winged dove.
I’m quiet for a change as I look at all the spring flowers outside. That’s when I hear some fifth graders in front of me talking about their student council project.
A recycling roundup is perfect,
a tall girl says. We can put recycling cans around school. Some will be for paper, some will be for aluminum cans, and some will be for plastic and glass.
That’s the perfect plan!
the girl beside her agrees. Especially because it’s almost Earth Day!
Hearing about their project makes me want to do something, too, but those big kids never think second graders can do anything.
As I listen, an idea suddenly hits my brain like dew drops on green grass. I will come up with my own way to celebrate Earth Day!
The next day at school, I can’t wait to talk to my friends about Earth Day. It’s less than two weeks away! As soon as I walk into my classroom, I spot Cara, Lucy, and Paula.
Hey, y’all,
I say. The big kids are doing a recycling project for Earth Day. I need you to help me think up the perfect second-grade project.
My friends are all quiet for a long time. I watch the hands on the clock move slowly. I hope they think of something soon, or the bell will ring!
I wait and wait. Paula scribbles some notes on her paper. I wait some more.
Cara suddenly gasps. I’ve got it!
she shouts, dragging us over to the window by the playground. What do you see out there?
Outside some boys are running around the playground. They jump on the sit-n-spin and run under the slide. If they don’t get to class soon, they’ll be late!
Lucy shrugs. A playground,
she says. What am I supposed to see?
I press my face against the window glass, hoping to see what Cara is seeing. But I don’t even know what I’m supposed to be looking for.
Our playground is really dirty!
Cara says.
Cara is right. There are pieces of trash lying on the ground