Cleo' Big Ideas:One Things Leads to Another

Cleo's Big Ideas: One Thing Leads To Another by Janice Milusich; Illustrations by Jennifer Bell    84 pages

Cleopatra W. Darby, Cleo for short, is an amazing little girl. She’s not scared to be who she. She’s a strong girl who always wears a fedora and aquamarine cat eyeglasses. She loves science and thinking up projects. Some work and some don’t, which is realistic. I like that her first idea with wheatgrass wasn’t exactly a hit. But, like the sign on her Re-Act Shack says, “Caution: Ideas Bubbling Inside. Sudden Bursts Likely.”

Two other things reapply appealed to me. First I loved that Cleo doesn’t have a standard pet, like fish, gerbil, dog or cat; she has a turtle named Winston. Second, I think early chapter book readers and their caregivers will enjoy is the activities after each chapter. It was nice to see them get progressively more involve and harder, but I’m not sure that the later activities are geared toward the same age group as the text. Therefore, Cleo's Big Ideas: One Thing Leads To Another receives 4 out of 5 stars in Julie’s world.