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Description
May-May and Rose, the singing, dancing Golly Sisters, have several adventures while traveling west by covered wagon, entertaining people along the way.
Quick Summary
If you're on the hunt for a fun early reader that actually makes kids laugh out loud, the Golly Sisters are it. May-May and Rose are two very different sisters traveling west in a covered wagon, and their misadventures like the time they try to perform for a crowd of suspicious frontier folk or get their wagon hopelessly stuck in the mud are told with real warmth and plenty of humor that kids in kindergarten through third grade will eat up. The chapters are short and the vocabulary is accessible (AR 2.1), but the jokes and situations feel smart rather than dumbed-down, which makes this a great pick for reluctant readers who want something funny without feeling babyish. Parents will appreciate that while there's plenty of slapstick chaos (a runaway chicken makes an appearance), the underlying story is really about sisterly patience and learning to find your audience. If your kid likes Frog and Toad or Henry and Mudge, they'll probably warm up to the Golly Sisters' dynamic right away.