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    Valentine Queen
    Valentine Queen
    Valentine Queen
    Ebook86 pages42 minutes

    Valentine Queen

    By Marci Peschke and Tuesday Mourning

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    It's almost Valentine's Day, and Kylie Jean is helping her family throw a surprise anniversary party for her grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary. Between party planning and her school's new Be Sweet project, there's a lot happening, but Kylie Jean is still determined to be the valentine queen!   From blueberries to beauty pageants, second grader Kylie Jean wants to be the queen of everything! But in her quest to be the best, this young southern belle learns a few lessons of her own. Mischievous, delightful, and fun, this series will be at the top of every young girl's list!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 28, 2014
    ISBN9781479559589
    Valentine Queen
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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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    • 5/5
      My 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!
    • 3/5
      Eight 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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    Valentine Queen - Marci Peschke

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    Can you keep a secret? Because I have a big one to tell you. Here it goes . . . our whole family is planning a surprise anniversary party for Nanny and Pa! Everyone knows they were real, true high school sweethearts. They will have been married for fifty years this Valentine’s Day.

    All of the grown-ups in my family are sitting around our dining room table talking about party ideas. My best cousin, Lucy, and I are sitting quietly on the floor with Ugly Brother and listening.

    Nanny and Pa have been in love for a long, long time, Lucy whispers. They deserve a party! I sure hope it’s as nice as they are.

    I nod in agreement. I wish Nanny were here to tell us their story, I say. But then the party wouldn’t be a surprise.

    Then an idea hits my brain like red stripes on a peppermint stick! Let’s tell each other a story! I suggest. I’ll start. When Nanny and Pa were in high school, Pa was a football star, just like T.J.

    Lucy picks up the story. Nanny was the new girl in town, and she didn’t know anyone, boys or girls. That made her feel nervous on her first day at Jacksonville High School.

    Don’t forget it was because she was shy, too! I chime in.

    Lucy nods. That’s right! she says. Then Nanny got mixed up and went to the wrong classroom. Pa was in his science class when Nanny walked in wearing a pink poodle skirt. She looked as pretty as a picture. It was love at first sight for Pa. When the teacher realized Nanny was in the wrong place —

    Pa offered to walk Nanny to her English class, I finish. Nanny didn’t say a word, but Pa talked the whole way because then he was nervous. And when they got to the right classroom, Nanny looked into Pa’s big brown eyes, and she fell in love, too.

    Suddenly it’s so quiet I could hear a spider spin a web. Lucy and I look up and realize that the whole family is listening to us tell Nanny and Pa’s love story.

    Momma smiles at us. They loved each other so much they decided to get married on Valentine’s Day.

    Suddenly all of the grown-ups start talking at once. You might not know it, but planning a big party is a lot of work! Nobody seems to have an idea that everyone can agree on, and Lucy and I are getting bored.

    Let’s play a game! I tell Lucy. When someone says ‘love,’ we’ll eat a candy heart.

    Ugly Brother barks excitedly, Ruff, ruff! That means yes. He wants to play, too, but I think he really just wants to eat candy.

    Okay, you can play, too, I tell him, but you’d better be listening, or you’re not getting any candy.

    Ugly Brother sits at attention. He doesn’t have to wait too long before someone mentions putting lovebirds on the cake.

    I love that idea! our cousin Lilly says.

    Lucy and I grin at each other. It’s a good thing we have a bowl full of heart candies! Lucy and I each get two. Ugly Brother whines,

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