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  • Age Range: 6 - 8 years
  • Grade Level: 1 - 3
  • Lexile Measure: 640L (What's this?)
  • Series: Lotus Lane (Book 1)
  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Scholastic Inc.; 4.1.2013 edition (April 30, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0545445124
  • ISBN-13: 978-0545445122
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.5 x 7.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Grades 1-3 (according to the back cover of the book)

Reading Level 2nd grade (according to the back cover of the book)

I like this new series. Kiki is just the right mix of fluff and brains. She is a girl who likes to have sleepovers and eats cupcakes with fun flavors. She is a girl who sets goals and seeks to meet them. She is confronted with a situation (a new girl on her street who isn't nice) and although she isn't happy, she doesn't resort to name calling or plotting the ruin of the girl. She just seeks the friendship of her two best friends and continues on about her life and her goal of designing fashion. And, as luck would have it, she learns that the new girl isn't really that mean by the end of the book. Kiki and the new girl don't end up BFF's but they also don't end up enemies.

I think this book would be good for low level reading older grade girls such as 3-5 as well as the intended audience. I'm not sure a typical first grader could read this book on their own. The book is styled like a notebook/diary - the pages all have notebook lines on them. It is also sprinkled with texting talk like OTT (over the top) and BFF (best friends forever) as well as "fact" boxes. And there are also screen shots of the girls texting one another complete with texting lingo and emoticons. Non-texting girls may be a bit confused trying to read it, but then again, maybe there aren't that many nontexting children around anymore?! This book is a little fluffy, Kiki loves fashion, has sleepovers and make cupcakes with her BFF's but it's also got positive themes for girls.
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As a mom of three strong, self motivated, A+ readers and one reluctant reader, it varies what makes a "good" book. I purchased Lotus Lane #1: Kiki for my third grade reluctant reader. She has had some fairly disturbing books, such as "Dragon Awakes," forced upon her in school, and she is turned off by books with trauma in them. Kiki is lighter, but it still has it's educational merits. Also thankfully Kiki is not sassy! The format is written as a diary, which got my daughter interested in writing in her own diary. Lines are used to simulate the journal, but the unintended benefit is that the lines help my daughter with eye tracking. She doesn't need a straight edge when reading this book. Kiki's friends are organized, and they even have a chart of their clubs/activities, where they meet, and what each activity club is about. I was happy my daughter had extra practice with her chart reading skills. Regarding the texting: My daughter's friends are in 3rd and 4th grade. Many of them use texting lingo in their notes to each other. My daughter felt out of the loop and wanted to learn. The texting used in the book is explained in plain English with proper spelling. This provided a motivation for my daughter to read the book, as well as a chance for us to discuss proper spelling when writing for school vs texting. I do not recommend this book for an in-depth study in children's literature. However I do recommend this book for reluctant readers interested in books about fashion and friendship and for readers that need something "fun" and "safe" to read before bedtime to keep their thoughts positive.
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Not easy to read, subject matter is so superficial that I felt myself and my daughter getting dumber as we read it. Too much "texting" in a book for little girls. We couldn't finish it...my 8 year old hated it.
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None of Lotus Lane series appeals to me or my daughter. My daughter is pretty advanced reader for her age group but this book frustrated her as it is full of instant messaging type of lingo and spelling.
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These are really nice books for young girls that are ready to step up into chapter books. I appreciate that they have many illustrations throughout the book to keep their attention. Many young readers that have the skills to read chapter style books, get bored without any fun pictures to make it exciting.

These stories are cute and aren't too mature for young readers. My daughter is 8 and I was a little worried that they might be too dramatic or centered around boys. The characters are young and girlie and deal with getting along in school and just having fun in their little group. They do text alot...but that's the only drawback.

I felt the content was fine and suited for a younger audience. I'm a bit picky about the content of books for children and I thought these were fun books and cute for young girls.
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This book is great, as is the whole series (4 books). My 1st grader was at a higher reading level, but not ready for books with no pictures. The book is written as a girl's diary, which breaks up the reading into smaller, more manageable segments. It's a great bridge between picture books and chapter books. All the Branches books accomplish this, and have a number of different series with different characters to appeal to a variety of students.
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