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Jacobson, Jennifer Richard

Twig and Turtle: Toy Store Trouble

112 pp. | Pixel+Ink | October, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-1-64595-024-0 $14.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-64595-025-7 $6.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-64595-052-3 $6.99
(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Paula Franco. Even though the titular sisters first seen in Twig and Turtle: Big Move to a Tiny House (rev. 7/20) have now settled into their home in Happy Trails, Colorado, they still have a couple of crises to solve. The owner of a new toy store initiates the story's action by announcing a naming contest. Twig is at first reluctant to reduce her chances of winning by telling her friends about the competition. Although the situation resolves itself, the idea of tension between what she wants to do and what she should do is born. Later, when Twig accepts a doll from a friend and thus breaks their household's five-toy rule, she lets a "big old mountain of want" dictate her actions. Jacobson again shows her strength in creating problems seemingly specific to one setting but experienced by many children; without a hint of didacticism, she allows Twig to reach a creative ­solution to the problem. Short chapters, generous use of dialogue, and text-­supporting spot art scaffold the reading for newly independent chapter book readers. This series ­reaffirms the old adage that good things come in small packages.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2021

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