Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat
Author: Anna Branford
Illustrator: Sarah Davis
Book 3 in the Violet Mackerel series
Pages: 112
Published: 2011
Age: 6+
Violet is the smallest in her family, and has a special affinity for Small Things everywhere. So when she finds a tiny ladybug in the garden, she expects she knows how it feels. It probably has to go to bed before all the others, and whenever it finds out something interesting (like that your ears keep growing all your life even when you are old), the bigger ladybugs probably say they already knew.
Violet wants to help the ladybug, so she names her Small Gloria, puts her in a jar, and feeds her cheese toast. And then Violet wakes up to a horrible surprise. But thankfully, even as Violet learns a hard lesson about natural habitats, she realises how nice it is to share her own habitat with a big sister.
Children's Book Council of Australia Award, Notable Book (2012)
About the Violet Mackerel Series
Books in series order
- 1.Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot(2010)
- 2.Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery(2011)
- 3.Violet Mackerel's Natural Habitat(2011)
- 4.Violet Mackerel's Personal Space(2012)
- 5.Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend(2013)
- 6.Violet Mackerel's Pocket Protest(2013)
- 7.Violet Mackerel's Helpful Suggestion(2014)
- 8.Violet Mackerel's Formal Occasion(2015)
- +How to Make Small Things with Violet Mackerel(2014)
Reading age: 6+ years
Introducing Violet Mackerel, a charismatic new chapter book star with a zest for life and an endearing, relatable voice akin to Ramona Quimby and Junie B. Jones.
Violet is a seven-year-old with a knack for appreciating the smallest things in life. Her “Theory of Finding Small Things” states that the moment of finding a tiny treasure usually coincides with the moment of having a genius idea. This irresistibly charming series starring Violet and her family has pitch-perfect perspective and plenty of laugh-out-loud humor.

