Gracie LaRoo at Training Camp

by Marsha Qualey, Kristyna Litten (Illustrator)

Overview

A new synchronized swimming season is about to start, and Gracie LaRoo can't wait! But when she arrives at training camp, none of the other Water Sprites seem very interested on training. Where is the focus? Where is the teamwork? Where is the fun? Gracie doesn't know, but she's determined to pull her team together.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515837770
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Series:	Gracie LaRoo
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Marsha Qualey is the author of many books for readers young and old. When she’s not writing she likes to read, take walks by the river, ski in the winter, garden in the summer, and play with her cats all year ‘round. Like Bumble B., she has very good friends who make life fun.   Marsha has four grown-up children and two grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Wisconsin.

Kristyna Litten is an award winning children's book illustrator and author. After studying illustration at Edinborough College of Art, she now lives and works from Yorkshire in the UK, with her pet rabbit Herschel.

Table of Contents

Together again — Gracie alone — The fight — That's our Gracie.

Interviews

* Reviewers love Gracie: SLJ says "Gracie proves that courage and confidence can help one face life’s challenges." Kirkus calls her "darling" and "charming." And the Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books says readers will "delight in Gracie’s many talents, connect with her self-doubts and uncertainties, and revel in the adventures of Gracie LaRoo." * Fun, lively text and 4-color illustrations help beginning readers sound out words and learn to read on their own. * The use of pigs as protagonists provide humor and levity to topics kids will relate to like finding confidence, building friendships, and learning to speak up.