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March 21, 2007
LILY B ON THE BRINK OF PARIS by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
As I was sitting on my couch this past weekend looking at the snow and ice with spring only a few days away, I thought about traveling somewhere else. However, the airports were cleaning up from Friday, March 16th storm, so I picked up LILY B. ON THE BRINK OF PARIS by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel and read it.
Lily B. (aka Lily Blennerhassett, writer extraordinaire) was about to embark with her two best friends on the 8th grade French class trip to Paris. Armed with everything she needed to know or thought she needed to know from the MADELINE picture books by Ludwig Bemelmans Lily begins her new adventure. She was also armed with the words of her parents, "Stay with the group."
First airplane, first foreign destination and first realization you need more than Madeline as a guidebook to write the great Parisian novel. Follow Lily and her friends through Notre Dame Cathedral, the Lourve and the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Sometimes you might even giggle out loud at their antics.
This was my first Lily B. book, although it is the third one written by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. You might want to check out LILY B ON THE BRINK OF COOL and LILY B ON THE BRINK OF LOVE.
I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND PROBABLY THE ENTIRE SERIES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL (GRADES 6 TO 8) GIRLS AND THIS BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRAVEL TO PARIS.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at March 21, 2007 2:45 PM