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Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love
Lulu Atlantis has a big problem: her new baby brother, Sam. With him in the picture, Mother certainly doesn’t need her around. Luckily, she has her best friend, Harry, a top-hat-wearing daddy longlegs spider to turn to. Over the course of four enchanting chapters, the two friends rescue a skunk stuck in a yogurt pot, encounter gangster bakers, seek out the Secret Ingredien...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
January 8th 2008
by Schwartz & Wade
(first published 2008)
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When the young, female, New York editors who are now in charge of children's books, (even though they may not have children--or even have that much experience with children,) talk to us writers about wanting quirky material--well, this book perfectly fits the bill. It is about as quirky as quirky gets.
Though the plot line is as conventional as you can find, Martin finds ways to make the story feel fresh and fun. She introduces good guy gangsters and insects who talk... She plays wit...more
Though the plot line is as conventional as you can find, Martin finds ways to make the story feel fresh and fun. She introduces good guy gangsters and insects who talk... She plays wit...more
I'm sure I'm not the only person who had high expectations because of the big-eyed, sky-blue, skunk-love cover. Overlong, weirdly out of sync with reality, dotted with fun details but just generally inconsistent and sometimes incoherent. For instance, this seems to be set in contemporary times, but Lulu doesn't go to school, isn't homeschooled, and no other characters her age ever appear in the book. She calls her parents Father and Mother. She's jealous of her baby brother in the way that a fo...more
this is a bizarro little book. main character Lulu Atlantis has a best (imaginary?) friend who is a spider named Harry who wears a top-hat and is the voice of reason (Jiminy Cricket, perhaps?). During the course of the book they meet a skunk who has a yogurt container stuck on his head (and who is, thereafter known as "Yogurt Skunk"), three gangster bakers and a nemesis fancy cat (who arrives at their door with bells and bows) named Princess Fancy. It strikes me as being a stream-of...more
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Lulu Atlantis has all the imagination and spunk as Junie B. Jones. But unlike Junie, Lulu has impeccable grammar and an impressive vocabulary. On her quest for True Blue Love, we meet an array of interesting characters including her best friend Harry who just happens to be a top-hat wearing daddy long legs spider. I loved this book and I think it would be great for reluctant readers in 4th or 5th grade. Since the main character is a girl, it might have more appeal for girls. It also deals with n...more
I thought this book was quirky and delightful. Lulu Atlantis is having a difficult time of things. She has to deal with her father never being home, her new baby brother Sam, and THAT FELINE. Accompanied by her faithful friend, Harry the top hat-wearing spider, Lulu's quest for true blue love will connect her to such fabulous characters as The Eggman, Yogurt Skunk, and the Gangster Bakers.
I picked this up because I loved the cover art and the fact that the back said it had "a fancy cat" in it, but was really disappointed. I forced myself to finish just to see what the resolution would be, but will not recommend. I like quirky, but the story was not compelling.
"Midnight. That was when things happened. Midnight was when owls hooted and witches flew, when ghosts seeped like smoke through the keyhole in your door, and when your refrigerator gasped and sighed, tired of being cold."
What an odd, lovely book. Such a pleasure to read.
Lulu Atlantis has all the imagination and spunk as Junie B. Jones. But unlike Junie, Lulu has impeccable grammar and an impressive vocabulary. On her quest for True Blue Love, we meet an array of interesting characters including her best friend Harry who just happens to be a top-hat wearing daddy long legs spider. I loved this book and I think it would be great for relunctant readers in 4th or 5th grade. Since the main character is a girl, it might have more appeal for girls. It also deals ...more
I have becoming really crotchety lately. I can't finish this one... maybe others think it is charming -- I feel that there is way too much forced humor (supposed humor?) and too many random happenings. I'm half way through it... Betsy, do I have to finish it? Is there some adhesive moments toward the end that tie all the threads together? I need some help with understanding this one. LOVE the cover, though -- but why is Harry the Spider on the BACK, not the front?
Hmm... I think I know what the book was trying to do, but the method was at times tedious and often too dark and bitter for the target audience (7-10). I liked the Yogurt Skunk and Harry very much, and in the end of course Lulu Atlantis finds her answer (with some help from the endearing Eggman). But the quest... well, it didn't make me want to keep reading page after page. In fact, I looked forward to taking breaks!
3rd/4th grade
Lulu Atlantis has a best friend named Harry (a daddylongleg spider). In this book she searches for True Blue Love, she meets a Fancy Cat who isn't so nice, she meets a skunk called yogurt and she has to deal with a father who is never around and a mother who spends a lot of time with Lulu's new baby brother. Her life is very adventurous!
Lulu Atlantis has a best friend named Harry (a daddylongleg spider). In this book she searches for True Blue Love, she meets a Fancy Cat who isn't so nice, she meets a skunk called yogurt and she has to deal with a father who is never around and a mother who spends a lot of time with Lulu's new baby brother. Her life is very adventurous!
Parts of this book were enjoyable, a little girl makes imaginary friend with a spider because she feels left out after the birth of her little brother. But then, more characters are introduced and the line between real and imaginary gets very blurry, and the book becomes bizarre. Who is the Eggman anyway!?
Four episodes in which Lulu and her imaginary friends search for True Blue Love. Lulu is jealous of her brother. At first I thought this was a good idea for a picture book, that had gone on too long. I think it would be a good read-aloud
Once we got past the first story we liked it a lot better. But It did have touching moments when Lulu made some realizations about love, being loved, and friendship. And as a mother, I'm glad any child can imagine having a friend like Harry.
A sweet children's picture book that is about Lulu who discovers that True Blue Love takes compassion and kindness on both sides of a relationship.
Cute, but kind of confusing.
a delightful story of friendship.
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