Millies Lost Adventure (Lynns Girls Book 1)

The illustrations are quite funny and we loved the ending. Overall, this is a silly story to read aloud, but quite appropriate for this season. We enjoyed reading this book together. I had forgotten that there were other books about Millie until I read Heidi's review.

I checked Alexander Steffensmeier 's profile and saw that the book Millie and the Big Rescue is expected to come out sometime next year, so we'll have to start looking for it at our local library around September next year. May 06, Skye Kilaen rated it really liked it Shelves: Millie the mail cow has only one delivery left to make before Christmas. To her own farm! And of course she knows just where that is. It's just over there, right?

Dec 16, Lynna rated it liked it. Oct 14, Lynn rated it liked it. This was clever and fun. My 5-year-old grandsons were a trifle too young for it though. There was too much space between the first page with all the gifts to the end where they are all jumbled for them. When we read it a second time, we stopped and I made a point of talking about each gift and speculating about it.

That helped a lot but they wouldn't have gotten there on their own. Older kids would pick up on the joke though. Sep 30, Beth rated it liked it Shelves: Cute story about a mailcow yes, really, she helps the local mail carrier who gets lost, slips in the snow and ice, and jumbles up the Christmas gifts for everyone on the farm. Not exceptional but quirky and humorous enough to deserve some attention. Mar 08, Melissa rated it really liked it Shelves: This story is about a mail cow, she helps deliver the mail and packages around Christmas time. The pictures are what made our entire family laugh.

Minutes later we all busted up laughing again just thinking about some of the pictures. It helps when daddy makes the funny sounds and gives each character a different voice. Aug 29, Liza Gilbert rated it really liked it Shelves: I really love Millie. Steffensmeier's illustrations are rich with detail but not overly done. The observant reader will enjoy the jokes within the pictures, but the reader who wants the story straight-up will also be happy.

Feb 04, Peninnah rated it liked it Shelves: Details are so important in books for children and this book will have your young people asking to read it again and again so that they can examine the pictures. I appreciated all the gift ideas and their various uses. I think my students would enjoy the high jinks of Millie the Cow. I definitely loved the illustrations, too. I would say it's probably an appealing book for grades preK - 1.

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It's really a pretty young book. Jan 22, BookCupid rated it really liked it. Talk about a surprise ending!! I hope there's another Millie adventure coming soon. Oct 13, Morgan rated it really liked it. Nice Christmas picture book that doesn't have anything to do with religion. Dec 03, Danica Midlil rated it really liked it Shelves: The illustrations are just chock-full of hilarious visual gags and silliness. Dec 05, Bree rated it liked it Shelves: Dec 30, Anthony rated it liked it.

Millie a mail cow gets discombobulated while heading home to deliver Christmas gifts to her family after her shift is over. Feb 04, Anne rated it really liked it Shelves: Great illustrations add depth and talking points to the story, giving a boost to those using it for developing early literacy skills. Mar 22, Kelly rated it really liked it Shelves: Adorable adventure, but much better suited to a lap read so that the readers can experience all the details.

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Feb 17, Ardis rated it it was amazing Shelves: A cute story about a mail delivery cow. The storyline was a bit choppy but still entertaining. Nov 26, Boni rated it liked it. The illustrations in this book are hilarious- there is so much going on! My kids could spend all day looking at them. Jul 28, Tirzah rated it liked it Shelves: A Millie adventure about getting lost and eventually finding your way back home!

The end picture is quite comical. Oct 30, Susan rated it really liked it Shelves: Dec 01, Maren Prestegaard rated it really liked it Shelves: Little M likes this one. There's a pretend monster in it and that sealed the deal. I'm not as much of a superfan. Engaging voice aside, it is just not worth it. The story takes place in an alternate modern US world where fantastical creatures dragons, mermaids, sasquatches, etc Let me say the one good thing I can: The story takes place in an alternate modern US world where fantastical creatures dragons, mermaids, sasquatches, etc.

What was able to develop was bad fast food. Plenty of Taco Bells and Dairy Queens to be found! It got to the point where I was ready to set the book on fire if Taco Bell was mentioned one more time. The world being so similar to ours was a big problem for me. Where were the First Nations peoples? Wouldn't regions have developed their own governments and ways of surviving?

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You want to know what else this alternate world has besides fantastical creatures? Ominous clouds that show up in your town, then your street, then your house. They hover just outside waiting to take the soul of an unknown occupant. Want to try to outrun the cloud?

It will follow you. There is no escaping the Clouds of Death. The whole plot of the book revolves around an attempt at this. Gracie the main character and her family hightail it out of their town trying to not let the doomed person from their house die. And that's the book. Family road trip to escape a Death Cloud. They pick up an orphan and Sasquatch on the way. Also a characterization angle.

It is the thematic angle that made the most upset though which I can't talk about without spoiling the book. See cut below if youre curious. But the father suffers from depression regularly so that's an issue too. At the end she's all, time to go and lets the cloud just sort of suck her up while she waves. Is this supposed to be some long protracted metaphor for suicide? The cloud mechanics make no sense to me because the world building is not awesome. But that's how it felt.

And her family is all waving at her and crying? She gets to say goodbye to everyone. Nov 12, Rebecca McNutt rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book was incredible! It reminded me of that 's sadly short-lived television show So Weird , and the way it shows the unity and importance of family was really excellent. This is a great book, I really recommend it. Even if you're an adult, it's totally worth it, believe me. Jun 08, Lila Kims rated it it was amazing Shelves: I swear, this book will always - no matter how many times I read it - make me tear up.

It may be an MG geared strongly toward a female audience like, you know those books that you can't imagine a boy reading because it's obviously not for them?? The Lockwoods are the most precious family I've ever gotten to know in a book. I just want to wrap my arms around each and every one of them and c I swear, this book will always - no matter how many times I read it - make me tear up. I just want to wrap my arms around each and every one of them and cry on their shoulders and tell them they're amazing. They are so very beautiful. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you cry.

It'll make your heart pound. THIS is my idea of a good book, although "good" does it no justice whatsoever. Calling it "good" is like calling a mountain a boulder. Jun 10, Clarissa rated it really liked it. Gracie Lockwood lives in a world much like our own. She has an older sister and a younger brother. However, the world Gracie lives on is flat, wild sasquatches and other fantastic creatures have driven most people into the Eastern edge of the country.

Migrating dragons sometimes burn down buildings. When it is time for people to die, strange clouds come for them, and Gracie Lockwood lives in a world much like our own. When it is time for people to die, strange clouds come for them, and take them away. If a cloud doesn't get you when you die, you become a ghost living in the underworld, and coming up to the surface of the earth from tunnels and underground caverns.

Ghosts can be dangerous capturing people and turning them into ghosts too. One day a cloud comes and hovers outside Gracie's house. The family decides to flee, they hope to outrun the cloud, and escape to the Extraordinary World, a place rumored to exist beyond the edge of the world. A world like Gracie's but without magic, a place where the transcontinental railroad wasn't destroyed by sasquatches, a place where you don't have to pay a guardian angel to protect you from the ghost ships who prey on travelers.

This is the bittersweet story of the Lockwood families search for the mythical edge of the world. My one criticism is that the book is written as Gracie's diary, and the writing seemed too sophisticated to be the diary of a twelve year old. But I feel weird complaining that the writing is too good.

My Diary from the Edge of the World by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Feb 16, Chrissy Kruger-gruendyke rated it it was amazing. I am not sure I can actually put into words how good this book is. My 7-year-old daughter and I purchased this book from an indie bookstore here in Milwaukee. It was a "staff pick" and sounded interesting for us to read together. It tells the story through one little girl's diary entries in an alternate world full of all the magical and make-believe creatures you can think of.

But those creatures and make-believe circumstances were woven and integrated into the daily observations of this little I am not sure I can actually put into words how good this book is. But those creatures and make-believe circumstances were woven and integrated into the daily observations of this little girl in an extremely authentic way. The author truly honored and respected the spirit of a child in the creation of this alternate world.

My daughter and I could not wait for bed time so we could sink into the story some more together. There is a lot of sadness in the story too but it is handled delicately and beautifully. This story is a marvelous journey. My daughter and I were both crying at the end I could not even vocalize the final words of the text because I was so choked up. This is the first book that has moved us both like that. And I will be recommending this one to everyone.

Definitely a wonderful story to read with your children. Apr 16, Melissa rated it liked it Shelves: What happens to civilization in a world that has real supernatural beings ghosts, sasquatches, mermaids, dragons, etc? Oh, and the world is flat. Travelling across the US is difficult. Sailing the oceans is moreso. At one point there was an Industrial Revolution but ghosts put an end to that so that manufacturing occurs in isolated pockets around the world. There are still devices that are the same in our world cars, Winnebagos, Sega Genesis games , but their prevalence is much reduced.

Much of the US is supposedly unsafe due to dragon migrations and sasquatches - yetis kept the transcontinental railroad from being completed. All of which is neat and intriguing, but that's really all. All this wonderful potential has little effect on the protagonist's family's journey to the Edge of the World where they hope to find the Extraordinary World our world and escape the Dark Cloud which is following them - Dark Clouds come for someone who is about to die. My fault with this story is that with all this potential nothing much happens. It's almost boring and much of that may be due to the 1st person narration and diary format.

Mar 03, Wendi Lee rated it it was amazing Shelves: Gracie lives in a world remarkably like ours. But her world is also filled with yeti, sasquatches, vampires, and Clouds - beings that appear when someone is about to die. When a Cloud appears outside Gracie's back yard for her younger brother, Sam, her family decides to leave their small town and travel in search of the Extraordinary World a planet that sounds remarkably like ours, and best of all, one without C Gracie lives in a world remarkably like ours.

When a Cloud appears outside Gracie's back yard for her younger brother, Sam, her family decides to leave their small town and travel in search of the Extraordinary World a planet that sounds remarkably like ours, and best of all, one without Clouds. Gracie's world is so much a part of this book. I love all the details, the Smoky Mountains transformed into a haven for witches, LA all but abandoned except for angels.

The bits and pieces of the history of this place Mitsubishi failed because of all the poltergeists invading their factories, the North won the Civil War because of supernatural help are woven in deftly and don't feel like an intrusion into the story. And ahhhhh, the story. Can there be anything more heartbreaking and compelling than a family trying to protect their littlest member? Jan 19, Lexi rated it it was amazing. This is one of the best books I have ever read. It was full of adventure and mystery. The ending was kind of sad, but I was on the edge of my seat every time I read this book and couldn't wait to see what happened next.

I would definitely recommend this book. Oct 01, Kim Bahr rated it really liked it. A student recommended this book to me, so I had to read it. It took me a little bit to get into the story. Loved the relationship and uniqueness of each member of the family. A twist at the end was unexpected, but I'm not sure it was fully explained. Jul 09, Katrina rated it it was amazing Shelves: I had really low expectations for this book. I expected it to be a cheesy, goofy alternate world book.

My Diary from the Edge of the World is nothing like that. I read it in a day, and I was thoroughly captivated.

There was independent, reckless Gracie; sweet yet obnoxious Millie; naive, hilarious Sam; mysterious Oliver; etc. Everyone felt real and they were all so precious and gah. Other characters that I loved were Gracie's mom and dad. I also liked the faerie I had really low expectations for this book. I also liked the faerie, Tweep, even though she I am actually not sure if the faerie was a girl or a boy?!?! This was only because Tweep basically lived off Skittles. Anyway, Gracie's mom was stubborn, resilient, spirited, wild and loving. She is beautiful and an amazing mother.

She cares about her children a lot, and is involved in their lives. I can't say I know too much about depression or mental illness, and I've read several reviews that say Gracie's dad was depressed or had a mental illness. I don't think I can say much about this topic since I wouldn't really know what I am talking about, but I enjoy reading books with mental illness rep. The family is so well written and they love each other and it is so sweet. They trust each other so much and they know each other down to the bone.

I actually didn't mind the whole alternate world thing. I wish some of the creatures were more embellished, and detailed though. But otherwise well done. There were too small things that annoyed me though: She was quite whiney at times, and she was very annoying during several scenes -Gracie felt a lot like Grace from All Fall Down.

They are both reckless, rebellious, wild and get into danger easily. The first POV diary format gives personal-intimate insight to the strange but to her mundane world the protagonist inhabits. A world where Sasquatches aided in the civil war, your relatives could be witches, mermaids haunt the coasts and dragons make regular migration rounds akin to geese.

Yes I like how the wonders were treated as mundane but at the same time it emphasizes the point of appreciating the wonders of the ordinary-everyday world. The POV also gives insight into the pro I liked it.

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The POV also gives insight into the protagonist's love for her family, which is also another running theme. Mar 19, Tracy Cervantes rated it it was amazing. This book was just beautiful. It captured the middle grade voice perfectly, and since it is a tad longer than the average MG, the reader really feels the transformation of the main character.

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Gracie and her family start off like any other - they irritate each other, they argue, they are perfectly imperfect. It's actually refreshing how the author has captured this stage of life through Gracie's diary entries. Thankfully, too, there are Sasquatches and dragons, and giants and ghosts and witches t This book was just beautiful. Thankfully, too, there are Sasquatches and dragons, and giants and ghosts and witches to mix things up. The emotional scope of this novel was surprisingly grand, and very satisfying.

Though it's a little sad, since they're trying to outrun a Dark cloud that threatens to take Gracie's little brother, it's bittersweet and glitters with little gems of wisdom. Gracie's reflections and lessons learned are ones the reader readily responds to. In this carefully crafted emotional arc, I can't help but heartily agree with a sentiment expressed at the end: Oliver just wasn't willing to accept the world we've been given.

Maybe he was trying to turn it into what he wants it to be instead. May 03, Theresa Milstein rated it really liked it. This book had a unique premise, depth, and surprises. Gracie lives in a world just like ours If all the creates of myths and fairy tales lived among us in our time--that's the setting of this book. Each time there's a railroad being built or a thriving city, the wild takes it over. When a cloud comes for Gracie's brother the way they die , her scientist dad decided to take them to the edge of the world. He believes there's another world like theirs that Magel This book had a unique premise, depth, and surprises.