Isadora Moon Has a Sleepover

My 6 year old daughter loves the series of Isadora Moon books but this is the first one she has been able to read herself, since improving her reading skills. The branding of the books in pink, black and glitter is so attractive for young girly girls and the book themes fill her with magical ideas whilst still being based in the real world. Adorable and would make a perfect gift for a 5-7 year old.

Our 9 year old granddaughter loves reading these books she was really happy when she received this as a birthday gift and has read it much more than once.

My granddaughter loves this book

Books for grand daughter . Perfect choice

My granddaughter loved it

Unreadable on a kindle even when buying the kindle edition. Daughter had to read on her tablet.

Isadora Moon is very excited. Her teacher, Miss Cherry has told the class that they are going to have a baking competition and the two students who bake the best cake will be given tickets to be in the studio audience for the final of the TV show Sponge And Sparkles. Isadora and her best friend, Zoe, are determined to win – so much so, that Zoe invited Isadora to bake the cake at her house over the weekend and then have a sleepover afterwards, which excites Isadora even more as she has never been to a sleepover before!But Zoe’s determination to win the competition means she asks Isadora to do some things that she’s uncomfortable with. How far will Zoe go to win, and will Isadora go along with her to keep their friendship?The 9th in Harriet Muncaster’s self-illustrated fantasy series for children aged 6+ is a decidedly pink and sparkly affair about friendship and what to do if you think that your friend wants you to do something wrong. It’s a very girly book but that’s no bad thing and I think that there’s plenty here for children to relate to – and I did like the magically alive monkey and pink rabbit.Although this is the 9th in the ISADORA MOON SERIES, you don’t need to have read the previous books in order to follow this one. Isadora’s half-fairy, half-vampire background skewered towards the fairy side in this book (which is find if your little reader is into pink and sparkly, but not so much if they’re into dark and fangy) although there is a nice scene between Isadora and her vampire father.I very much enjoyed the depiction of her friendship with Zoe, especially the slight note of envy that Zoe has given that Isadora can do magic with her wand. Muncaster is particularly good at showing how Zoe’s requests (although not malicious in intent) increasingly makes Isadora uneasy until she’s really facing a bit of a moral quandary. There’s no judgment in this and Muncaster does well at balancing Isadora’s discomfort with what she’s being asked to do with the value she puts on her friendship with Zoe in a way that I think children of the target age group will find easy to relate to and understand.There are some very cute scenes in the book – my favourite being when Isadora brings Zoe’s toy monkey to life and it plays with Pink Rabbit – and the illustrations really add to this. This is a very pink and sparkly book and I have to say I find it difficult to think that boys will readily want to read it – that’s not a criticism but I do think it’s a shame because there’s a lot here that they can benefit from and really, who doesn’t love toys coming to life?All in all, I thought this was a smart, entertaining book and I’d happily check out the rest of this series.

My daughter has been hooked on all of the stories, and it has brought on her reading, and it’s lovely to see her reading a book that she thoroughly enjoys, and she looks forward to reading the next one in the series.

It took us a long time to find a great series that my 7 year old daughter would stick with. These books keep her attention and are the perfect level for her reading ability!

Just a little over 5€ so I snapped it up as a deal. Always a good read.

Compré este libro de Isadora para que mi hija practique la lectura en inglés ya que tiene varios libros de Isadora Moon en español y le encanta el personaje.Este libro es pequeño y de tapa blanda pero estaba a buen precio en amazon.El tipo de letra es perfecto para su edad y la edición es muy bonita y cuidada, las páginas tienen bastantes dibujos y decoraciones que llaman la atención de los niños.El libro consta de 108 páginas y al final trae varias actividades para los niños, como una receta de tarta paso a paso.Muy contenta con la compra.

Be warned, this is the US English version of the book. Having read it once, will give it away and try to find the UK English version somewhere else. I love these books and my daughters can really identify with Isadora and her mixed heritage background. Ms. Muncaster, if you read this, please persuade your publishers to make it clear whether the book is US or UK English, and if the titles are different, such as Isadora Moon goes to the Fair / Carnival, make a note that it is the SAME book, but one says Mum, and the other Mom (among other myriad differences).

We absolutely adore this series. We have given the books as gifts too. Great for ages 4-8!