The Super-Smelly Moldy Blob: A Branches Book (Olive & Beatrix #2)

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The Super-Smelly Moldy Blob: A Branches Book (Olive & Beatrix #2)

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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!

Beatrix wins the Science Fair every year--because she uses magic to cheat! But Olive really wants to win this year, and she has the best science project EVER. Then something bad happens! The sisters' projects turn into a super-stinky, super-moldy blob monster! The blob is ALIVE and growing bigger and smellier by the minute! Can Olive and Beatrix stop the blob before it swallows up the school?

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ISBN-13:	9780545814850
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/29/2016
Series:	Olive & Beatrix , #2
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Amy Marie Stadelmann loved to use her imagination to write and illustrate storybooks for fun when she was a child. In fact, it was so much fun, she decided to do it as an adult as well. Amy works on Nick Jr. preschool programs like The Wonder Pets! and Team Umizoomi. She lives in Brooklyn, NY where she enjoys sunny days, mugs of hot cocoa and giving hugs to her grumpy pet rabbit, Oswald. Olive & Beatrix is her first series.

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Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Not-So Itty-Bitty Spiders:
"There is a breezy humor to the dialogue, and some laugh out loud commentary by Beatrix's sardonic pet pig. New readers will find satisfaction in being able to handle a longer book. There are sure to be requests for the planned sequel." -- School Library Connection
Praise for The Super-Smelly Moldy Blob:
“The story has imaginative action and characters that model working together and respecting each other's talents despite philosophical differences…The book's visual format is lively, combining spot illustrations with full-page and double-page spreads and dialogue bubbles. Visually lively with an engaging story.” -- Kirkus
Praise for Branches books:
"These books should be considered for larger libraries wanting to enhance their easy-reader collections." -- School Library Journal
"A nice stepping stone to more advanced chapter books." -- Booklist

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03/01/2016
Gr 1–3—Olive is a scientist and her twin sister, Beatrix, is a witch. Every year the girls enter the school science fair, and every year Beatrix uses magic to win, much to Olive's chagrin. This year, the girls are preparing to battle it out again when something goes drastically wrong. While the two push and shove each other for the prime science fair setup space, the two projects crash into each other. The result is a supersmelly, moldy blob intent on devouring the school. Joined by Olive's friend, Eddie, and Beatrix's talking pig, the sisters race to try to make things right. As it turns out, the blob is stronger than they thought, and it will take just the right mix of science and magic to neutralize it, but to do that, the girls have to work together. Aimed at readers just transitioning into chapter books, this new series features short chapters in prose with dialogue helpfully set off in speech bubbles. This combination, along with full-color illustrations, should appeal to both emerging and reluctant readers. VERDICT A good addition to early chapter book sections as a stand-alone or with the first installment, The Not So Itty-Bitty Spiders (Scholastic, 2015).—Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA

School Library Journal

2015-12-22
Following The Not-So Itty-Bitty Spiders (2015), twins Olive and Beatrix return for another adventure featuring magic and science in this illustrated early chapter book. Olive ("an ordinary girl," as she informs readers—Olive narrates the story) and her best friend, Eddie, love science, and they look forward to presenting their projects at the school's annual science fair. But Beatrix, who is a witch, uses her magic powers to create projects that always win the blue ribbon. This year though, Olive has worked extra hard and is certain she will win. On the day of the fair, the twins carry their projects ("the exciting world of MOLD" and "cloud made with science") to school early and jostle for the same display table—and both projects crash to the ground. Olive's mold and Beatrix's cloud combine to create an out-of-control slime that the twins and Eddie must use their combined resources to combat. The story has imaginative action and characters that model working together and respecting each other's talents despite philosophical differences, but it lacks notably diverse characters. Just showing a few characters as grayish doesn't make an impact. The book's visual format is lively, combining spot illustrations with full-page and double-page spreads and dialogue bubbles. Visually lively with an engaging story; here's hoping the next installment exhibits greater diversity. (activities) (Fantasy. 6-8)

Kirkus Reviews

Olive and Beatrix may be twins, but they are nothing alike. Beatrix uses magic to solve her problems, while Olive likes to use logic and science to find solutions. Olive and her friend Eddie both love science; and each year, they are determined to win the school science fair. They just have to beat Beatrix and her fancy magic “experiments.” When an argument between Olive and Beatrix results in a magic, moldy blob sliming its way through school, both girls must work together to stop the blob before it devours everything in sight. Each girl’s preferred talent plays a role in saving the school from the blob. The girls must put aside their argument and work together to solve a problem. Houston, the talking pig, brings some comic relief to the tale, as does Olive’s friend Eddie, who makes up songs along the way. Much of the story is told via speech bubbles placed in the illustrations, making the story seem very active and its action immediate. The text is large and should be easy for young readers to see. One page in the back of the book contains questions to prompt further thought and activities related to events in the story. All in all, it’s a light, fun tale praising participation in science and teamwork in solving problems. Reviewer: Kasey Giard; Ages 5 to 8.

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