Piper Reed, Party Planner [Paperback]

Previously published asPiper Reed Gets a Job.
Piper Reed and her fellow Gypsy Club members are in need of a clubhouse. Raising money to buy one proves a challenge. Piper, being the resourceful fifth grader that she is, launches her own party-planning business and gets her first job throwing young Brady's birthday celebration. But things don't go as expected on the day of the big event. Fortunately for Piper, her friends and family come to her rescue!

Kimberly Willis Holtis the author of the Piper Reed series, includingPiper Reed, Navy Brat,Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen, andPiper Reed, Rodeo Star. She has written many award-winning novels, includingThe Water SeekerandMy Louisiana Sky, as well as the picture booksWaiting for GregoryandSkinny Brown Dog. A former Navy brat herself, Holt was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived all over the U.S. and the worldfrom Paris to Norfolk to Guam to New Orleans. Holt long dreamed of being a writer, but first worked as a radio news director, marketed a water park, and was an interior decorator, among other jobs. A few years after she started writing, her third book,When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She resides in West Texas with her family.

Christine Davenierhas illustrated numerous children's books, and won aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Award forThe First Thing My Mama Told Me. She lives in Paris, France.

This book is a good addition to the series and is also a natural for fans of Clementine or Judy Moody, as well as readers ready to step beyond Junie B. Jones. School Library Journal

Here, as in the other chapter books in the Piper Reed series, Holt balances serious moments with wit and creates a convincingly childlike sensibility throughout most of the episodic story. Appearing on most double-page spreads, Davenier's lively drawings help bril£Â