My "Cupcake" novels are enjoyed by kids as young as first grade and as old as eighth grade and beyond. I get lots of notes from mother/daughter book clubs that one or both of the books have been enjoyed by both the younger and older club members. If you'd like a reading/discussion guide for either book, just drop me an e-mail (address is in the sidebar) and I'll send you one! Thanks for all of your support!
Coming Sept. 24, 2013, the latest book in the Cupcake series!
Sprinkles and Secrets, Aladdin, 2011, ISBN-13 978-1442422636
Order from: Powell's, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or your favorite bookstore
Coming Sept. 24, 2013, the latest book in the Cupcake series!
Order from: Powell's, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or your favorite bookstore
Twelve-year-old Sophie has always dreamed of being an actress, in front of the cameras and in the spotlight. So when she's given the opportunity to audition for a T.V. commercial, and a chance to make her dreams come true, she's not just happy--she's over-the-moon happy.
But then Sophie finds out what exactly she'd be advertising. And she knows her BFF, Isabel, wouldn't be happy about it at all. So she keeps the specifics of her budding acting career under wraps, as she doesn't want their friendship crumbling faster than a stale brownie. But like sprinkles on a cupcake, secrets can be difficult to contain.
In this companion novel to It's Raining Cupcakes, Lisa Schroeder offers up another fun story about friendship, dreams and scrumptious sweet treats.
Kirkus says: "Schroeder skillfully evokes the turbulence of pre-adolescence as she explores the delicate balance of being a true friend while remaining true to yourself."
Kirkus says: "Schroeder skillfully evokes the turbulence of pre-adolescence as she explores the delicate balance of being a true friend while remaining true to yourself."
A 2011 Bank Street College of Education Best Book
A 2013 Colorado Children's Book Award nominee
Order from: Powell's, Barnes & Noble, Amazon or your favorite bookstore
Twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of traveling but has never been out of Oregon, and so when her best friend, Sophie, tells her of a baking contest whose winners travel to New York City, she eagerly enters, despite concerns about her mother, who is opening a cupcake bakery. Includes recipes.
School Library Journal says, "This story about making dreams come true may encourage young girls to set goals and go after their own dreams."
Kirkus says, "Isabel's voice is direct and endearing; with gentle wit and clarity, she describes her own foibles as well as others'."
Check out this video where 11-year-old Elana interviews me about IT'S RAINING CUPCAKES and asks me about the upcoming companion novel, SPRINKLES AND SECRETS:
Novel Novice Interviews Lisa Schroeder: "It's Raining Cupcakes" from NovelNovice on Vimeo.
Little Chimp's Big Day (for kids ages 1-6), Sterling 2010:In a jungle, in a tree
sits a little chimpanzee.
Mother said she'd be right back
but now the branch snaps with a crack...
And in a SNAP, Little Chimp is off on a big adventure - taking a watery ride atop a hippo, swinging on vines, and munching bunches of bananas. But as he goes jumping and racing across the jungle, he never stops wondering, Where could mother be? Little Chimp may not know, but sharp-eyed kids will see that mommy has an eye on him the whole time.
School Library Journal says, "Children who are just beginning the journey toward independence love to start testing limits in a safe, fictional environment, and this title will fill the bill."
