These are some of my favorite books to read to my children. I liken these to The Little House on the Prairie books, except obviously set in the Amish setting and not the prairie.
My daughter, who is 3, likes to take these books off my shelf and look at them. In fact, I had to keep hunting down this book because she liked to carry it around. The cover of this book kept drawing her to it!
This is book 4 in the Adventures of Lily Lapp series. I think that it's a good sign if adults like this book despite it being written for the ages of 8-12. That's what I have come to like in Suzanne Woods Fisher. I feel like no matter the book or the age the book is written for, her writing is consistent and good at drawing in readers of all ages. Just because this book is meant for the younger crowd, it still has a great storyline and well....as the book states, surprises.
I like the curiosity of Lily and the predicaments she finds herself in. She truly does mean well and has good intentions, but since she is a child, she thinks and acts like a child. This fact alone has made reading these books out loud to my children great discussion starters. We've been able to talk about the choices Lily made and the consequences. That alone makes these books a must.
I'm impressed with how both writers are able to go back to a child mindset and write these books from a child's perspective. It makes these books so much more interesting because you very rarely get a child's perspective throughout a book.
I've said it before and I'll say it again and again...these books are a must for all little girls and boys! One of my personal favorites in this book (and in all of them) are the question and answers about the Amish. I love learning those little tidbits of information!
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I received this book free from Revell Publishers in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.
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