Lucy's Magic Wand

by Trisha Speed Shaskan, Timberlee Myers (Illustrator)

Overview

Lucy uses her magic wand as a drumstick, and that's not all. Lucy's parents keep telling her, "Be careful. Wands are for magic!" But Lucy doesn't listen. What will Lucy use her magic wand for next?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663996459
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Series:	Read-It! Readers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Trisha Speed Shaskan was born and raised in Winona, Minnesota, where she waterskied on the Mississippi River, played basketball, and skateboarded. She has written more than forty books for children and taught creative writing to children and teens. Trisha received a 2012 Minnesota State Artist’s Initiative Grant. She won the 2009 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Writers, Loft Award in Children’s Literature/Older Children. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen Shaskan, who is a children’s book author and illustrator.

Editorial Reviews

Young Lucy is a fairy who has a magic wand, yet she does not quite have control over the pixie magic that occurs. Despite her parent’s warnings to be careful, everything seems to go haywire when Lucy uses her magic wand in unconventional ways. When she stirs her pumpkin soup with the wand, the soup changes color and has a hideous odor. Lucy’s attempts at creating music by using the wand as a drumstick on a pot ends up with an explosion, and her next try with a violin using the wand as a bow results in a screeching noise. Lucy’s parents have their hands full as one magical mishap and yet another occurs as Lucy uses her wand during the day. Will Lucy ever gain control of the magic wand? The story leaves the readers with an open ending. The illustrations provide some support for the readers. This book is part of the “Read-it! Readers” series at the yellow level with a wider vocabulary and varying sentence structures.

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