The Spotty Holiday

Billie B Brown #13

by Sally Rippin

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown’s holiday is ruined! In The Spotty Holiday, Billie has lots of fun things planned for her visit to Grandma's. But when Billie wakes up covered in spots, will her holiday have to be cancelled? Written by the Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, Billie B Brown is the perfect first chapter-book series. Every down-to-earth story follows bold, brilliant Billie as she uses her imagination to tackle a new challenge, whether it’s about friends, family or feelings. With her best friend, Jack, by her side, there’s nothing Billie can’t do! With more than ten million books in print around the world, Billie B Brown has helped a generation of readers love learning to read. Each book is carefully designed with short chapters, decodable vocabulary and lots of illustrations, and there are no mountains of text or super-tricky words to intimidate the early reader. And there’s plenty of books in the Billie B Brown series to explore! For more wonderful series by Australian Children’s Laureate Sally Rippin, check out the Hey Jack! and School of Monsters series.Readers will love other books in the Billie B Brown! The Bad ButterflyThe Soccer StarThe Midnight FeastThe Best Day EverThe Snow DayThe Wonderful Wedding and many more!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2011

About the author

Sally Rippin was born in Darwin, but grew up mainly in South-East Asia. As a young adult she lived in China for three years, studying traditional Chinese painting. Sally has over seventy books published, many of them award-winning, including two novels for young adults. Her most recent work includes the highly acclaimed children’s novel Angel Creek and the popular Billie B Brown books, which became the highest selling series for 6-8 year olds in Australia within the first year of their release. Sally is Australia’s highest selling female author and her Billie B Brown books have sold more than 4.5 million copies in 14 languages.
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Sally is a popular presenter in schools and at literary festivals both in Australia and overseas and has a regular program on 3RRR interviewing children’s authors and industry professionals. She is a passionate ambassador for the 100 Story Building creative writing centre for marginalized youth and has mentored many emerging writers and illustrators. Recently, she and her partner co-founded Story Peddlers, a hand-made performance tent that packs away into a custom-built bike, with the aim of bringing back the art of the roving storyteller.

Reviews

[Abbey · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS WAS THE BEST OF THE SERIES

[Chloe Balk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goooooooooddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Carla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every thing on her list happend inside because she had the chicken pocks .

[Amy Leden · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the perfect first chapter book for my daughter who was nervous and intimidated to start a chapter book. She gained confidence and loved the story!

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Billie had so many things planned for her visit to her Grandma's house, but then it was all ruined because she was covered in spots in the morning! Then she got a great idea to do everything she planned in her Grandma's house. She made pictures of animals and put them around the front room like the zoo because she had planned to go to the zoo. Then she got a blanket and got a picnic basket and filled it with food and put it in the middle of the living room between all the animals. They made their own little ice cream shop and her grandma got her vanilla ice cream out. Then Billie put sprinkles, chopped bananas, and chopped strawberries on top and ate her ice cream. Then for the movie theater, her and her grandma went to the room next to the apartment room where her grandma lived to get a movie. Then they made popcorn and watched the movie together.

[Sonya Bright]

Continuing with this series' messaging about positive relationships, in book #13 of this series, Billie B Brown goes to stay with her grandmother - and is so excited about it.

Of course, chickenpox complicates things.

This instalment will encourage young readers to think creatively, but will also bring a nostalgic feeling to adult readers - who didn't play "shops" at a relatives' house at some point when they were growing up?!

The book finishes with a cute - but not too cute - moment between Billie and her grandma that makes this such a positive read.

[Denise Tannock · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ruth Earls · Rating 5 out of 5]

so cute. lots of Imaginative Play which I loved. honestly gave me ideas of things to do with my kids and it definitely sparked my daughters imagination

[Andy Hickman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sally Rippin, “Billie B Brown: The Spotty Holiday” (​​Prahran, Victoria, Aust: Hardie Grant Egmont, 2011).
Getting chicken-pox on her holiday at Grandma's seems like a disaster. However Grandma creatively turns this into a holiday to remember.
“But Billie and Grandma look at each other and giggle.” (p43)