Ruth McNally Barshaw
Author
Series
Ellie McDoodle volume 1
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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Description
Eleven-year-old Ellie McDoodle illustrates her sketchbook with chronicles of her adventures and mishaps while camping with her cousins, aunt, and uncle.
Author
Series
Ellie McDoodle volume 2
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Ellie pet-sits for her neighbor's African grey parrot Alix, about whom she is writing a report, while her family argues over whether to get a cat or a dog, and her little brother accidentally lets Alix out of his cage, all of which is chronicled in Ellie's ever-present sketchbook.
Author
Series
Ellie McDoodle volume 5
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie McDoodle signs up to help with her school's production of The Wizard of Oz, she gets more than she bargained for as she helps paint sets, plan costumes, and cast the show, which leads to her first big fight with best friend Mo.