What do you think?
Rate this book
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe #1
Picture Day
This series (just like Missy herself) is super duper royal deluxe!
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Missy is a very creative girl who does everything in her own super duper royal deluxe way! This first book is about Missy's school picture day. Despite Missy's keen fashion sense, her mother insists on choosing her picture-day outfit for her. But Missy thinks it's the most boring outfit EVER! She simply must find a way to make her picture-day outfit her own. With her trusty friend Oscar and her cat named Pink by her side, Missy is sure to come up with an outfit that's truly super duper royal deluxe! Full-color illustrations throughout.
This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Missy is a very creative girl who does everything in her own super duper royal deluxe way! This first book is about Missy's school picture day. Despite Missy's keen fashion sense, her mother insists on choosing her picture-day outfit for her. But Missy thinks it's the most boring outfit EVER! She simply must find a way to make her picture-day outfit her own. With her trusty friend Oscar and her cat named Pink by her side, Missy is sure to come up with an outfit that's truly super duper royal deluxe! Full-color illustrations throughout.
80 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2013
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 53 reviews
February 6, 2013
It's picture day! It's picture day! This is a day for glitz and glitter--for sparkles and spangles. Not for Missy, however. Her mother has assigned her the most boring of outfits. Her life is ruined. She goes through the day under a personal cloud of doom and bad temper. A friend, however, survives her attitude and provides a solution. This is an easy beginning chapter book with plenty of bright illustrations, a spunky main character, and a pink pink cover sure to attract the eyes of the target audience. That would be girls moving up from Fancy Nancy but not quite ready for Junie B. Jones.
September 8, 2019
This is a combined review for book 1 and 2.
Meet Missy, a super duper royal deluxe little girl with a big attitude and tons of fabulous ideas. I was lucky to spot two of the series books at my library, and in English, and I just had to take them with me. Yes, they are short and maybe it isn't the best idea for a library that I can only visit once every two weeks, but heck, these books were too adorable to leave.
In these two books we meet Missy and see how fabulous she is. In the first book it is time for Picture Day, an exciting day for many children. It allows them to be extra glittery and fabulous or wear something super special. As you can imagine Missy is looking forward to it, and in the first pages we see her come up with some great ideas for clothes. But mom is there to say no to it, and I am sorry, but mom please. I get that you want a cute picture of your kid to show your family, but don't you want a picture that really captures the spirit of your kid? I was with Missy that she was very grumpy, however I did get a bit tired of her attitude after a while. Yes, you want glitter. Yes, other classmates have it much better, and yes, some don't even care about the whole day, but still no need to be so angry at them or even tried your best friend that way.
But thankfully things get better and I had a laugh at what she and her best friend came up with and how their picture day became much better. No, I won't tell you what happens, you will just have to read it.
Next up is Class Pets. Something that we often see in American books, classrooms with pets and the kids having to take turns to take care of them when weekends or vacations come up. Missy has great plans to take care of a trio of pets (really, her plans were just the most fabulous) but then there is a new girl in town who has plans. I wasn't agreeing with all that Missy did, though I think if I was her age I would have done the same. She has such great plans for what pets she wants and then all that happens. And she learns something about the pets as the story continues and even wants to help (if you would call it that) the new girl and tell her about the pets. What happens when the pets get chosen had me laughing aloud and what a delight that was. Go go Missy! What a fabulous and superdeluxe ending!
Each of the books is super duper royally deluxe illustrated with fun illustrations on every page. I really love the style of the illustrations.
I would highly recommend this delightful and funny series (or well these two books) to everyone. Be sure to check out Missy's adventures and see how glittery and fabulous she is yourself. And hopefully the library (or one of my libraries) will get the rest of the books as well. *crosses fingers*
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Meet Missy, a super duper royal deluxe little girl with a big attitude and tons of fabulous ideas. I was lucky to spot two of the series books at my library, and in English, and I just had to take them with me. Yes, they are short and maybe it isn't the best idea for a library that I can only visit once every two weeks, but heck, these books were too adorable to leave.
In these two books we meet Missy and see how fabulous she is. In the first book it is time for Picture Day, an exciting day for many children. It allows them to be extra glittery and fabulous or wear something super special. As you can imagine Missy is looking forward to it, and in the first pages we see her come up with some great ideas for clothes. But mom is there to say no to it, and I am sorry, but mom please. I get that you want a cute picture of your kid to show your family, but don't you want a picture that really captures the spirit of your kid? I was with Missy that she was very grumpy, however I did get a bit tired of her attitude after a while. Yes, you want glitter. Yes, other classmates have it much better, and yes, some don't even care about the whole day, but still no need to be so angry at them or even tried your best friend that way.
But thankfully things get better and I had a laugh at what she and her best friend came up with and how their picture day became much better. No, I won't tell you what happens, you will just have to read it.
Next up is Class Pets. Something that we often see in American books, classrooms with pets and the kids having to take turns to take care of them when weekends or vacations come up. Missy has great plans to take care of a trio of pets (really, her plans were just the most fabulous) but then there is a new girl in town who has plans. I wasn't agreeing with all that Missy did, though I think if I was her age I would have done the same. She has such great plans for what pets she wants and then all that happens. And she learns something about the pets as the story continues and even wants to help (if you would call it that) the new girl and tell her about the pets. What happens when the pets get chosen had me laughing aloud and what a delight that was. Go go Missy! What a fabulous and superdeluxe ending!
Each of the books is super duper royally deluxe illustrated with fun illustrations on every page. I really love the style of the illustrations.
I would highly recommend this delightful and funny series (or well these two books) to everyone. Be sure to check out Missy's adventures and see how glittery and fabulous she is yourself. And hopefully the library (or one of my libraries) will get the rest of the books as well. *crosses fingers*
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
October 15, 2013
I predict that little girls who are ready for smaller chapter books will love, love Missy and her super duper royal deluxe everything. She's cartoony cute, she loves horses and plaid and glitter and Pink (her cat), and her rockin'-cool pink cowgirl boots. She's got style and an attitude, and this book is just plain fun for little girls.
Personally, I love Oscar the thinker, with his magnifying glass and his books and his green bow tie and his quiet, pragmatic outlook on life. He's a terrific straight man to energetic chatterbox Missy.
Personally, I love Oscar the thinker, with his magnifying glass and his books and his green bow tie and his quiet, pragmatic outlook on life. He's a terrific straight man to energetic chatterbox Missy.
March 5, 2013
This is a review of both Picture Day and Class Pets.
In Picture Day, readers meet Melissa Abigail Rose - better known as Missy - as she plans her outfit for school picture day. Missy would prefer to an outfit made up of her a fuzzy hat, "dynamite" boots, a sparkly bag, a plaid skirt, and a glow-in-the-dark ring, but her mother has other plans. Missy turns up at school in a very practical, and very boring outfit. She's so upset that she spills her guts to Oscar, the class thinker, who at first seems annoyed by Missy's overly excited personality, but who later comes up with a solution to make Missy feel good about her picture and to enhance his own outfit at the same time.
In Class Pets, Missy has big plans again - this time, for what she will do when she brings home the class rats, Eeny, Meenie, Miney, and Moe. She manages to get her mother's permission, but when she gets to school, Tiffany, the mean new girl announces that she plans to bring Eeny, Meenie, Miney, and Moe to her house. Once again, Missy asks Oscar for his help, but it is ultimately she who finds a way to ensure that the class rats go home with the person best equipped to care for them.
This upbeat series is just what the doctor ordered for beginning readers. Missy is a fun character with a big personality, and her desire to make every situation super duper royal deluxe is something early elementary school girls can definitely relate to, even if they aren't quite as extravagant as Missy. Missy's adventures happen in familiar environments - school and home - so kids are likely to relate to her very easily, and to recognize her circumstances as similar to their own.
Though each story is its own entity, there is a bit of a formula to the series. The first chapter is always an introduction of Missy and her cat, Pink. When Missy's mother says no to something, the speech bubbles surrounding her always have the same words and phrases inside them, and the same is true for Missy's teacher Miss Snodgrass whenever she corrects Missy's behavior. Even Missy's consultations with Oscar occur in each book, giving the story a predictable and comfortable structure where kids can easily settle into the rhythm of the story. The predictability does not, however, remove the element of surprise from the stories or make reading them unnecessary. The endings of Picture Day and Class Pets came as complete surprises even to me, and both made me chuckle.
The illustrations and speech bubbles give the books strong visual appeal. (The illustration style makes me think of Calvin & Hobbes.) While there is a fair amount of text in each book, there is still lots of help from the illustrations to help kids decode words and understand context. This is the perfect mix of textual and visual cues for kids who are just beyond easy readers but still intimidated by big chunks of unbroken text. This book also fulfills a desire many first graders have to read graphic novels. Often the kids in the first grade class that regularly visits my library borrow books they can't actually read just because of the format. This book provides appropriate content for their reading level that is every bit as enjoyable as any Babymouse or Lunch Lady graphic novel.
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe is a fresh, fun, and sweet series, and girls in kindergarten and first grade are sure to eat them up with the same eagerness they express over the Fancy Nancy, Princess Posy, Pinkalicious and Rainbow Magic books.
In Picture Day, readers meet Melissa Abigail Rose - better known as Missy - as she plans her outfit for school picture day. Missy would prefer to an outfit made up of her a fuzzy hat, "dynamite" boots, a sparkly bag, a plaid skirt, and a glow-in-the-dark ring, but her mother has other plans. Missy turns up at school in a very practical, and very boring outfit. She's so upset that she spills her guts to Oscar, the class thinker, who at first seems annoyed by Missy's overly excited personality, but who later comes up with a solution to make Missy feel good about her picture and to enhance his own outfit at the same time.
In Class Pets, Missy has big plans again - this time, for what she will do when she brings home the class rats, Eeny, Meenie, Miney, and Moe. She manages to get her mother's permission, but when she gets to school, Tiffany, the mean new girl announces that she plans to bring Eeny, Meenie, Miney, and Moe to her house. Once again, Missy asks Oscar for his help, but it is ultimately she who finds a way to ensure that the class rats go home with the person best equipped to care for them.
This upbeat series is just what the doctor ordered for beginning readers. Missy is a fun character with a big personality, and her desire to make every situation super duper royal deluxe is something early elementary school girls can definitely relate to, even if they aren't quite as extravagant as Missy. Missy's adventures happen in familiar environments - school and home - so kids are likely to relate to her very easily, and to recognize her circumstances as similar to their own.
Though each story is its own entity, there is a bit of a formula to the series. The first chapter is always an introduction of Missy and her cat, Pink. When Missy's mother says no to something, the speech bubbles surrounding her always have the same words and phrases inside them, and the same is true for Missy's teacher Miss Snodgrass whenever she corrects Missy's behavior. Even Missy's consultations with Oscar occur in each book, giving the story a predictable and comfortable structure where kids can easily settle into the rhythm of the story. The predictability does not, however, remove the element of surprise from the stories or make reading them unnecessary. The endings of Picture Day and Class Pets came as complete surprises even to me, and both made me chuckle.
The illustrations and speech bubbles give the books strong visual appeal. (The illustration style makes me think of Calvin & Hobbes.) While there is a fair amount of text in each book, there is still lots of help from the illustrations to help kids decode words and understand context. This is the perfect mix of textual and visual cues for kids who are just beyond easy readers but still intimidated by big chunks of unbroken text. This book also fulfills a desire many first graders have to read graphic novels. Often the kids in the first grade class that regularly visits my library borrow books they can't actually read just because of the format. This book provides appropriate content for their reading level that is every bit as enjoyable as any Babymouse or Lunch Lady graphic novel.
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe is a fresh, fun, and sweet series, and girls in kindergarten and first grade are sure to eat them up with the same eagerness they express over the Fancy Nancy, Princess Posy, Pinkalicious and Rainbow Magic books.
May 16, 2013
Melissa Abigail Rose, better known as Missy, is a very busy little girl. She has her own unique sense of style which can be a little too much for her mother to handle. Missy has the perfect outfit picked out for school picture day, but her mom has other ideas. But parents always get their way so Missy has to wear an outfit that is not Super Duper Royal Deluxe. She is not wearing any ruffles, ribbons, rainbows or sparkles...how dreadful! Luckily for Missy her friend Oscar is in a similar predicament. Together the two concoct a plan that will make both of them happy though their mothers might not feel the same when they receive their school pictures.
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe is another charming new series from the Scholastic Branches imprint. This series is perfect for those just leaving the beginning reader area and moving into short chapter books. Missy's books are full of color and have elements of comic books and diary books that are sure to grab the attention of many young girls.
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe is another charming new series from the Scholastic Branches imprint. This series is perfect for those just leaving the beginning reader area and moving into short chapter books. Missy's books are full of color and have elements of comic books and diary books that are sure to grab the attention of many young girls.
May 17, 2013
School picture day is challenging for just about everyone, but Missy isn't worried. She knows exactly how she plans to look. The problem is that her mother has other ideas and forces her to wear a plain outfit that doesn't suit her style or personality. Although she sulks and plots, it is her classmate Oscar who saves the day in his own inimitable fashion. Beginning readers will enjoy this series as they gain confidence in their reading ability. As I read the book, I smiled to myself while thinking about how everyone wants to look terrific in those class photos, and yet most of us didn't really look like we ordinarily did. There's a lesson here.
May 1, 2013
Cute. Fun solution to the plot and the interior graphics are engaging. I suspect this would be JE rather than YR.
July 6, 2025
The funniest thing is when the teacher starts to say the rules. I was reading in fact reading is not the right word, I was rapping, and did the teacher say no, laughing, I mean, will you just be staring at the camera with no reaction at the end when Oscar told Missy his plan she looked like she was in love with him and a single tie made Missy happy wow and she had one of her options was to go there in snorkeling gear if I had one thing to say to Missy I would say that you are right right when you planned everything right your parents start saying no to everything I you just feel like your about to blow up and be a million pieces of skin on the ground.
April 29, 2013
Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe #1: Picture Day (A Branches Book) - Library Edition by Susan Nees is a cute story for little girls.
It is about Melissa Abigail Rose and her VERY individual style and how she plans for picture day at school only to be thwarted by her mother and saved by her new friend Oscar.
My 4 year old daughter got a little bored with the story but it may be just a bit beyond her attention span capabilities. She stayed with me till the end despite the fidgeting.
I'm having a hard time feeling useful in my children's books reviews. Either she likes it or LOVES it.
I thought Missy was a little difficult and a little rude but Oscar was quiet and kind and helpful.
It is about Melissa Abigail Rose and her VERY individual style and how she plans for picture day at school only to be thwarted by her mother and saved by her new friend Oscar.
My 4 year old daughter got a little bored with the story but it may be just a bit beyond her attention span capabilities. She stayed with me till the end despite the fidgeting.
I'm having a hard time feeling useful in my children's books reviews. Either she likes it or LOVES it.
I thought Missy was a little difficult and a little rude but Oscar was quiet and kind and helpful.
June 21, 2013
This book was super cute and had me laughing through the whole story. Missy has big fashion ideas for picture day and plans plans plans to wear an outfit that has it all. Ruffles, rainbows, ribbons, and sparkles. But when Mom sees Missy, she decides that Missy needs help dressing and puts her in a white blouse, red skirt with red suspenders. It has officially become Missy's worst day. While grumbling darkly she is 'not' talking to Oscar but explains all the reasons she is having a bad day. In the end it is Oscar that has the solution to the problem. Great story for a Mom and daughter to share.
November 5, 2013
This is the first book in the Missy's Super Duper Royal Deluxe series by Susan Nees.
It's a short, entertaining graphic novel for younger children and the plot is humorous. The illustrations are very colorful and cartoonish and I expect this series will especially appeal to younger girls. We all enjoyed reading the first two books in this series and I'm sure we'll look for other books in the series at our local library.
It's a short, entertaining graphic novel for younger children and the plot is humorous. The illustrations are very colorful and cartoonish and I expect this series will especially appeal to younger girls. We all enjoyed reading the first two books in this series and I'm sure we'll look for other books in the series at our local library.
September 3, 2014
Missy is a very exuberant, individualistic young girl, and she is feeling very sad that she didn't get to wear what she wanted on picture day. The way she solves the problem, with the help of a friend, is inventive. I can imagine there is a little girl, or boy, just like her in most classrooms. Divided into chapters but easy to read, it would appeal to young elementary age girls. It is mostly a graphic type novel with some paragraphs of writing thrown in at times.
First, second, and possibly third grade students will be drawn to this series, and it will generally appeal to girls more than boys.
First, second, and possibly third grade students will be drawn to this series, and it will generally appeal to girls more than boys.
October 14, 2014
Cute tale of Melissa Abigail Rose aka Missy, and her big plans of what she is going to wear on Picture Day at school! Alas, Missy's Mom ruins her creative designs for a regular boring outfit and Missy thinks this will be her worst day ever. But maybe, just maybe, her classmate Oscar will be able to save the day - and her photo!
This short novel is a great stepping stone for emerging readers - just enough text and fun-filled illustrations. Book 1 in a series. Looking forward to reading the other titles.
This short novel is a great stepping stone for emerging readers - just enough text and fun-filled illustrations. Book 1 in a series. Looking forward to reading the other titles.
June 20, 2013
Missy expresses her individuality with her outfits, is distracted doing chores, and bubbles over with enthusiasm. She is like many little girls, which makes this book particularly appealling. This is a fun early chapter book full of illustrations complementing the story.
September 11, 2013
Amusing and very pink/purple. The vocabulary might be a challenge for some EZ readers, but limited text means they will be able to get through one or two sentences on most pages. Realistic school scenes, and a cute, predictable-enough-without-being-too-obvious ending.
June 27, 2014
This was a really cute easy chapter book for kids with a surprise ending. Missy is quite a character with her cat Pink and friend Oscar. I think every kid who goes through Picture Day will appreciate this book!
October 19, 2013
I think that girls will enjoy this beginning chapter book. We had picture day at school yesterday and I think that a few girls could have been the inspiration for this book. Lots of sparkles!
January 19, 2016
First grade pov: I think it was good. I liked the story. It's okay that it's a girl.
June 1, 2018
We've just read three of the Missy books - Picture Day (#1), Class Pets (#2), and Field Trip (#4). Like many of the 'Branches' books the layout is cool - colour pictures, diary entries, a mix of text and graphic novel. My problem is that Missy is a bit of a brat. She's a very forceful and dominating personality who is also selfish and can be thoughtlessly mean and bullying to her friends. Plenty of kids can be a bit like that as an age thing but the books don't address it (i.e. the whole chocolate pudding thing on Picture Day is peer pressure / bullying rather than a simple discussion between kids about a snack exchange). It's particularly concerning for me since I have an autistic daughter who struggles to understand the rules of social interactions; simply put, we've read other books that have done better.
November 13, 2017
11/13/2017 ** Missy loves glitter and glitz, so she's furious with her mother when she's told to wear a "boring" dress for picture day.
This is not one of the stronger offerings from Scholastic's Branches imprint. Missy was self-centered and too hung up on her outfit. Also, I was disturbed that there was just one character of color in Missy's class. He seemed to be placed in the class picture composite as a token and did not appear in any of the illustrations that had small groups of children. On the up-side, Oscar and Missy did come up with a clever solution to the boring outfit problem. Many young readers could find this an effective bridge from I Can Read style books to longer chapter books.
This is not one of the stronger offerings from Scholastic's Branches imprint. Missy was self-centered and too hung up on her outfit. Also, I was disturbed that there was just one character of color in Missy's class. He seemed to be placed in the class picture composite as a token and did not appear in any of the illustrations that had small groups of children. On the up-side, Oscar and Missy did come up with a clever solution to the boring outfit problem. Many young readers could find this an effective bridge from I Can Read style books to longer chapter books.
May 12, 2021
500L. This series (just like Missy herself) is super duper royal deluxe! This series is
part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches. Aimed at 5- to
7-year-olds, this line of books is for children who are just starting to read
independently.
part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches. Aimed at 5- to
7-year-olds, this line of books is for children who are just starting to read
independently.
December 16, 2022
Missy's school had a picture day,Messy was excited about that day and planned so much for that day but ended up in uniform which her mother suggested.Missy got a chance in the last to show.Missy had a naughty cat called pink
February 13, 2017
This is a cute series for first grade. Missy has a hard time when things don't go her way for picture day and she tends to take it out on Oscar, who has a great idea to turn her day around.
July 26, 2017
Missy is a fun character to read about, but kind of a brat.
September 19, 2018
Cute character reminiscent of Olivia.
November 28, 2018
Cute book to read to my girl! ❤
July 20, 2020
AR test 9 out of 10
August 5, 2020
Daughters read this and enjoyed this
October 3, 2020
Missy has a lot of spunk. This was a fun read aloud with my 4-yo.
June 10, 2021
Kid approved by my two little readers
Displaying 1 - 30 of 53 reviews