Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel

Full disclosure: I knew Ruth McNally Barshaw before I first read her book. She is hilarious, so I wondered if my finding the book hilarious was partly because I was hearing it in her voice.

However, my seven year-old has not met Ruth, and she devoured this book in a day yesterday, flipping back through the pages to read aloud certain lines through giggles, refusing to answer questions until she was finished, and, at one point, laughing and yelling at the book, “You stole my little brother!”

I would recommend this for any kid.