Even Katie Woo has a bad day once in a while. Whether its a big rain storm or a nasty case of the flu, things happen that make Katie scared, nervous, or just plain sad. But dont worry! With her friends and parents by her side, she wont be blue for long. Katie Woo returns with four fresh adventures: She visits her grandparents’ new house, sleeps in a flood shelter, moves, and catches the flu. Katie often worries about new things, but her family and friends help her through. Full-color illustrations augment every page, and the large font size and white space make this a good bridge from early readers to beginning chapter books. Katie Woo joins the growing ranks of books featuring Asian American families in everyday situations. More cautious than Lenore Look’s Ruby Lu, Katie’s reactions to life’s challenges will resonate with many readers. Grades K-2. --Suzanne Harold Katie Woo returns with four fresh adventures: She visits her grandparents’ new house, sleeps in a flood shelter, moves, and catches the flu. Katie often worries about new things, but her family and friends help her through. Full-color illustrations augment every page, and the large font size and white space make this a good bridge from early readers to beginning chapter books. Katie Woo joins the growing ranks of books featuring Asian American families in everyday situations. More cautious than Lenore Look’s Ruby Lu, Katie’s reactions to life’s challenges will resonate with many readers. Grades K-2. --Suzanne Harold --Suzanne Harold Full-color illustrations augment every page, and the large font size and white space make this a good bridge from early readers to beginning chapter books. Katie Woo joins the growing ranks of books featuring Asian American families in everyday situations. . . .Katie's reactions to life's challenges will resonate with many readers. --"Booklist Online" Growing up, I was an avid reader. I loved book series because they gave you got to see your favorite characters grow. Today, when I'm observing the books students choose to read and what they check out from their school libraries, I'm struck by a major difference in some of their popular fiction versus what I grew up reading. When I was growing up, it was quite a task to find a book series featuring a female protagonist who was not white. Ramona Quimby, Nancy Drew, the Sweet Valley Twins, 95% of the Babysitter's Club, etc. were all white. They are wonderful books and children from any race can read and enjoy stories about these characters, but I wondered what young black, Hispanic, Asian, and other races lost when they got few chances to read books about characters that look like them. If any race can read and love Ramona, shouldn't they all be given the chance to read and relate to a black character, or an Asian one? Why don't publishers make more of these books? Tough we are aware of the reasons why it's important for students to read books like this, there is still a paucity of books available that spotlight racially diverse characters. Nevertheless, there are now a lot more options for young readers. I love seeing girls with their noses in books, and I was struck when I saw girls of all races reading two series starring diverse female protagonists: Katie Woo and Dyamonde Daniel . Katie Woo is an award-winning series for young readers. Katie's series contains short sentences and nice illustrations for students just beginning chapter books. Her covers are as vivid and inviting as her stories! Katie is in first grade and she's had to deal with the loss of a beloved pet, a bully and lying . I love that likeable series features an Asian protagonist, though it is sadly one of the few I've ever seen that does so. --"Substitutes, FTW! blog" Fran Manushkin is the author of many popular picture books, including How Mama Brought the Spring; Baby, Come Out!; Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story; and The Tushy Book. There is a real Katie Woo she's Fran's great-niece but she never gets in half the trouble of the Katie Woo in the books. Fran writes on her beloved MacBook in New York City, without the help of her two naughty cats, Cookie and Goldy. Used Book in Good Condition