PB RRP $ 7.95
ISBN 9781925081077
Reviewed by Anastasia Gonis
The third book from the Lily the Elf series finds Lily with a new dilemma. Lily is
practicing her poem that she plans to read the following day at the Grand Elf
Concert.
The mail bee arrives with a surprise for Lily from
Aunt Daisy. It is a beautiful silver flute. The idea of the poem at the concert
disappears and the flute is what Lily wants to play instead. How hard can it
be?
She tries it standing up, sitting down, lying on her
bed, dangling from the bed, but whiffling is all she gets. She goes outside in
the open air. She practises in the breeze, standing on a toadstool, but it is
harder than she imagined. But Granny can play it and so can Dad.
Lily comes up with a brilliant idea. Can she pull it
off?
Lily is a clever and adaptable elf. She finds
alternate ways of doing things. She is rarely defeated although she becomes
despondent when she fails but is able to quickly pick herself up by
problem-solving. Children can relate to Lily. There is always something to
learn in each book, and the emotions and moods displayed by the little elf are
things young children experience frequently. The series is ideal for 5 year
olds or beginners, with its large writing, short sentences, brief chapters and
delightful illustrations which accompany the moods and emotions being
experienced by Lily.
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