Kiki: My Stylish Life (Lotus Lane Series #1)

by Kyla May

Overview

Meet the Lotus Lane Girls!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Kiki, Coco, and Lulu are the BEST of friends. They even have their very own club! But Mika, the new girl, is shaking things up on Lotus Lane. This first book is written as Kiki's diary—with illustrations and doodles throughout. Kiki LOVES creating cool outfits, hanging out with friends, and collecting fun facts like these:Fact: I am a member of the Lotus Lane Girls Club. Fact: I will one day be a VERY famous fashion designer. Fact: My new neighbor Mika is trouble—triple trouble!Fact: Even chickens must look their best. Read Kiki's diary to find out all about life on Lotus Lane!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545445122
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Series:	Lotus Lane , #1
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	640L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

KYLA MAY is an Australian illustrator, writer, and designer. She is the creator and illustrator of two early chapter book series: Lotus Lane and Diary of a Pug. She is also the illustrator of The Sloth Life and The Underdogs series. In addition to books, Kyla creates animation. She lives by the beach in Victoria, Australia, with her three daughters.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for LOTUS LANE #2: COCO: MY DELICIOUS LIFE"The bubbly girls of Lotus Lane are back.... For girls who love glittery nail polish and their friends and who hope to make the world a better place." -KIRKUS REVIEWSPraise for LOTUS LANE #1: KIKI: MY STYLISH LIFE"Girly girls who have outgrown the Fancy Nancy beginning readers will flock to this illustrated early chapter book.... Throughout, there are hip line illustrations that reinforce the text." -BOOKLIST"Girly-girls and fans of May's earlier books will eat this up.... A good choice for girls who love sparkles." -KIRKUS REVIEWS"Girlie girls will flock to MY STYLISH LIFE, in which details of Kiki's day-to-day adventures are revealed in diary style, complete with doodles and black-and-white drawings." -SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

From the Publisher

"I am Kiki, World-Famous Style Star!" Meet Kiki, budding fashionista, expert shopper, enthusiastic dog lover, devoted chicken caregiver and excellent friend. Since her mom is going away for a week for her work as a fashion stylist, Kiki is keeping a journal to apprise her of everything that goes on, particularly the adventures of the Lotus Lane Girls Club (Kiki and her friends Lulu and Coco). In an accessible diary format that includes texts, drawings of Kiki's various outfits and side commentary, Kiki relates--in preteenspeak --some of the highs (pajama parties, cupcake baking, outfit planning) and lows (stressing over a school project, failing to befriend new classmate Mika) of being an elementary school girl. When it turns out that both Kiki and Mika have chosen to create fashions for the school art fair, the competition gets a little fierce; add to it various misunderstandings and a missing dog, and a huge mess ensues. What's a girl to do? While admittedly very light fare with a thin plot, minimal character development and an excess of exclamation points, girly girls and fans of May's earlier books will eat this up. Though part of the publisher's new Branches series of chapter books, the busy format may initially stump children just graduating from early readers. A good choice for girls who love sparkles. (Fiction. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews