Maggi is an excellent adventurer, a pretty good songwriter, an aspiring scientist, and Milo's best friend. Milo is a Border Collie, and he's very smart. When Maggi gets a book about frogs from her grandma, naturally, she decides to take Milo to find frogs the very next day. But it turns out that catching frogs is hard work. Lucky for Maggi, Milo is there to help. And lucky for Milo, even though Maggi’s not the world’s best frog hunter, she’s the kind of friend who makes everything a little more fun.
With the spunk of
Ladybug Girl and an illustration style suggestive of Charles Schulz, Maggi and Milo are an irresistible pair with a whole lot of charm.
On sale: April 3, 2014
Age: 3-5 years
Grade: Up to Kindergarten
Page count: 32 Pages
ISBN: 9780698150539
Juli Brenning worked briefly in magazine publishing before getting her teaching certificate. She now lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, two kids, an ill-mannered dog, and a very fat cat.
Maggi and Milo is her first book.
Priscilla Burris graduated from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Since then, she's illustrated several children's books. She lives in Southern California.
"Move over
Ladybug Girl, there’s a new spunky gal-and-canine twosome in town." -
Kirkus Reviews"The digitally created illustrations are bright and appealing, especially those of the lovable black-and-white pup, who is almost twice Maggi’s size...a 'ribbeting' read-aloud." -
School Library Journal"Brenning tells the story in a roundabout way, with a few breezy tangents, some musical interludes, and a happy ending in which Maggi and Milo cuddle up and listen to the frogs’ nighttime songs. Further adventures would be welcome." -
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