Violet Mackerel's Personal Space
Author: Anna Branford
Illustrator: Sarah Davis
Book 4 in the Violet Mackerel series
Pages: 112
Published: 2012
Age: 6+
Violet Mackerel believes that wherever you leave something small, a tiny part of you gets to stay too—like how the little piece of green sea glass under the mattress at the beach house means that a little piece of Violet gets to stay on summer holiday.
Violet's theory is put to the test when Mama and Vincent announce some very special news: They are going to get married. And they are all going to move. Violet is excited for the wedding, but Dylan is angry about the move. Normally, it is nice to be inside with your family when there is a big noisy storm outside and there is pumpkin soup for dinner and something on TV about penguins. But it is hard to enjoy it when your brother is outside in the garden in a leaky tent.
When Dylan won't budge, the wedding preparations feel a bit sad. But just in time, Violet thinks of the perfect way to help Dylan feel better about moving. And her Theory of Leaving Small Things Behind is going to come in handy!
Children's Book Council of Australia Award, Notable Book (2013); Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature (2013)
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.