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KING & KAYLA and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor – A Multicultural Children’s Book Day Review

January 29, 2021 Claire Annette Noland 2 Comments

It’s Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2021
#ReadYourWorld
Once again, I am excited to be sharing diverse books as part of Multicultural Children’s Book Day. The goal is to share books that celebrate diversity so that children can see kids like themselves in the pages of books as well as learn about others. It is certainly time to diversify our bookshelves.
Peachtree Publishing is committed to bringing quality multicultural books into the world They have generously shared a number of books with me so that I can give an unbiased review and share them with you.
KING & KAYLA and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor
by Dori Hillestad Butler (author) and Nancy Meyers (illustrator)
Peachtree Publishing: 2020
early chapter book for ages 6-9
Themes: mystery, neighbors, problem-solving
Happily for fans of King and Kayla, one of our favorite kidlit detective teams is back in action. In this new case, there’s a case of mistaken identity when Kayla’s friend Jillian’s puppy gets blamed for knocking over a grumpy neighbor’s trash can. The puppy, named Thor, likes to dig under fences and ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kayla and King deduce that Thor isn’t big enough to knock over a trash can and certainly wouldn’t be eating the fruits and vegetables that were in there. Fortunately, King and Kayla (who is black) figure out what is going on. Young readers will enjoy solving the mystery as they put the clues together.
Written in large type with full color illustrations this is a great addition to a diverse early chapter book collection.

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  1. Valarie Budayr says

    January 29, 2021 at 4:07 pm

    Thanks so much for your wonderful review and for celebrating with us.

    Reply
    • Claire Annette Noland says

      February 20, 2021 at 8:27 pm

      So much to celebrate! Thanks for all you do to make MCBD such an amazing event.

      Reply

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