Collect Le 3e Champignon Drafted By Jennifer L. Holm Textbook

Romancereading friends! Jennifer Holm gets it, She has her middle schoolaged protagonist read a collection of Harlequin/Silhouette novels left behind by her grandmother and not a single snarky, snobby comment is to be found, Thank you, Ms. Holm, for doing something so subtle and so important and so deeply appreciated by this Romance fan, You've sent the message that it's okay to enjoy Romance novelsnot just for girls, but for guys, too, I know this was only a very, very small part of the book as a whole, but it's something that's seen so rarely that it left an inordinately large impression.
THANK YOU.

The book would have been fivefor me, if it weren't for the death of Jonas.
It was very realistically and compassionately portrayed, but I just couldn't deal with it, especially since if he had been an indoor cat, his particular accident could have been avoided.
NOTE: I received an ARC of The Third Mushroom through a book group in exchange for my honest review,

A charming sequel to The Fourteenth Goldfish, The Third Mushroom sees Ellie, Raj, and Melvin back for a new adventure, and scientific discovery, of course.
I love the celebration of friendship and science that Holm weaves into the story and I was impressed by the Le 3e Champignon's emotional impact as well,

A definite recommendation for fans of The Fourteenth Goldfish and I recommend both books be included in middle grade libraries, I wonder if we'll see more of Ellie, Raj and Melvin Thanks to randomhousekids for the free book!
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/for this charming sequel to THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH, which is on our dartmouthmiddleschool choice summerreading list, What great timing for this book to come out in September!,


I just love Ellie, Melvin and Raj so its fun to spend more time with them! THE THIRD MUSHROOM is funny, highly readable and sure to be a big hit with kids in grades, especially those that read the first book.

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STEM! Ellie and Melvins adventure is sure to spark the imagination of aspirational scientists, I also love how the end of the book includes their Gallery of Scientists with fun facts about each,
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wonderful exploration of middle school relationshipsif a boy and a girl are good friends, does that mean they should date Raj and Ellies first date is fabulously awkward and cringey as my Ss would say.

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The librarian character Mrs, Barrymore!!! Just read the book,
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Ellie and her grandpa Melvin famous scientist in ayo body are back and entering the county science fair, Their fruit fly experiment is wildly successful, but in the end the results are not what they expected, .


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. Ellie and Melvin are back in this followup to sitelinkThe Fourteenth Goldfish, Melvin has been on the road for the past year and tired of it, He is also tired of "the puberty", So he and Ellie team up for the science fair, They have an axolotl that seems to have extra appendages so they feed bits of it to fruit flies to see what happens, Of course Melvin also experiments on himself,

Ellie is also dealing with the fact that her mom has remarried and her budding feelings for her best friend Raj, Should they become more than friends When her cat Jonas gets sick, she and Melvin try to revive him with the axolotl to no avail, But is the axolotl having an affect on Melvin

It was wonderful to revisit these characters, Melvin was just as awesome as the first time around and I truly enjoyed his budding romance with the school librarian and his angst about the puberty, I thought Ellie's situations were extremely realistic with maybe having feelings for a boy friend and resuming her friendship

with an old friend, Things change in middle school, The part that really got me was the death of Jonas since I just recently went through the very same thing with my cat, That part seemed extremely realistic to me, I loved this story about Ellie and her ups and downs in middle school, Ellie is interested in all things science and pairs up with her scientist Grandpa who is now in the body of a fourteen yearold as the result of a science experiment from the last book The Fourteenth Goldfish and has aged backwards for the science fair.
She also has a crush on her best friend Raj and must deal with the death of her beloved cat Raj.

With short chapters that make this accessible for all readers, what's not to love
This book was provided to me for free through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I loved reading The Fourteenth Goldfish, in which Ellie Cruz'syearold scientist grandfather, Dr, Melvin Sargarsky, holder of two PhDs, turned himself into ayear old boy, Needless to say, fun and some chaos ensured, but in the end, Melvin decided to leave and do some traveling,

Now, Melvin is back and enrolled as anth grader in the same middle school where Ellie is inth grade, Melvin hasn't changed much he's still hungry all the time, as curmudgeony as ever, and still having difficulty dealing with "the Puberty," and still having trouble dealing with the fact that he can't drive a car.
He's also brought home an axolotl from his travels which becomes the basis of a science fair project with Ellie Axolotl are amphibians that have the ability to regenerate limbs.
Getting permission to work after school in the new labs there, Melvin and Ellie experiment with feeding bits of the axolotl to fruit flies, When the fruit flies grow extra legs, they begin to wonder if their findings might lead to something important for humans,

Meanwhile, Ellie and her best friend Raj decide to see if they should take their relationship to the next level, and the two go on a date to the movies.
When it doesn't work out, Ellie wonders if they have ruined the wonderful friendship they have, And speaking of friendships, Ellie's old best friend, Brianna, seems to be wondering back into Ellie's life, Does she want to be friends again

At home, Ellie and her mother are really happy now that mom is remarried to Ben, who is kind absent for the most part in the book.
Ellie's beloved cat Jonas has also found a companion in the neighboring cat and the two spend their days playing and roaming around, Sadly, though, Jonas is hit by a car, and even though Ellie and Melvin try to save him with a bit of axolotl, he is beyond saving,

Melvin as a man had never remarried or shown any interest in another woman after Ellie's grandmother passed away, To Ellie's surprise, she discovers her grandmother's love for romance novels, and begins reading through her collection, saved by Melvin, Now though, romance seems to be in the air again for Melvin when Ellie realizes he is flirting with the school librarian, Mrs, Barrymore but how is that going to work out

Ellie and Melvin are such great characters in this characterdriven novel, They are welldeveloped, they have distinct personalities, problems, and interests, yet they handle what life throws at them so well, And what life throws at them are the same kinds to things that middle grade kids have to deal with everyday well, maybe not their grandfathers transforming into teenage boys.
Middle grade is a time a so much change and Holm really depicts it well here,

Since Melvin is a scientist withPhds, it is the ideal way to introduce some real STEM information into the book, First, by showing Ellie participating in a science fair project, even though she's a good math and science student already, and second, it gives Melvin a chance to tell Ellie about some important scientific discoveries and the people who made them.
This is expanded at the back of the book under "Mellie's Gallery of Scientists" Mellie Melvin Ellie as well as Recommended Resources for Continuing the Conversation,

The Third Mushroom is such a fun book to read, and a worthy sequel to The Fourteenth Goldfish, I love the way the title doesn't make sense until you've almost reached the end of the book, and then wham! it all falls into place and makes sense, And I really hope there is a third novel, despite what happens at the end of this one,

This book is recommended for readers age
This book was borrowed from the NYPL So, yeah, I adored The Fourteenth Goldfish "TFG" when I read an ARC back inwhen it came out.
I didnt know at the time that there would be a followup, and honestly dont know if the author intended to write one at that time, but when I saw recently that The Third Mushroom "TTM" was forthcoming, I jumped at the chance to participate in this tour.
I swear that Jennifer Holm has some sort of magic in her that allows her to maintain her childlike sense of wonder and delight, and she has this crazy ability to sound exactly like aoryearold girl! I volunteer in my sons elementary school library and have for the past five years, so when I read TFG I immediately suggested they buy it.
In the years since then, I have recommended it to dozens ofth andth graders, and Ive never heard from one of them that they didnt enjoy it, Its somewhat of an easy sell once you make sure the kids know its by the author of Babymouse and Squish! Its also currently on this years Elementary Battle of the Books list in my state and of course Turtle in Paradise has been used multiple times, which made me inordinately happy.


So, you can see how I was pretty darn excited to read The Third Mushroom, and I have to say it was an absolute delight to be back with Ellie and Melvin aka, Mellie! I think I liked this even more than TFG, to be honest.
We get the joy of waching Ellie and Melvin undertake science experiments, and we are introduced to some absolute rockof science, We get to see how close Ellie and Raj have become, and to see if they become even closer yes, its a tease!, We get to experience Ellies first flutters of romantic feelings, including reading old Harlequin novels hello, young me!, Most importantly, TTM helps teach the incredible lesson that failure is not just okay, its an integral part of our development as humans, This is not just an important lesson of science, but one all of us should learn and pass on, I have a perfectionistyearold who hates to get or do something wrong, to disappoint any adult, to “fail” at somethingso this is a lesson my husband and I have tried to instill in him its still a work in progress, to be sure.
It helps that my husband is himself a PhD chemist, so hes able to give reallife examples of how his “failures” in the lab actually result in better experiments and better science.
Thats exactly what we see in TTM, and its a lesson Ellielike all of ushas to learn the hard way: by failing!

I would highly recommend this for any kid from aboutth throughth grade, possibly even younger or older depending on skill level and interest.
I would especially recommend this for those who, like my son, are perfectionists and feel that failing at a task somehow means theyve failed as a person, I have enjoyed pushing TFG into the hands of young girls particularly, and I will do the same with TTM, so that they can see themselves as being just as capable of doing and loving science as Ellie is.
Both books are just so enjoyable, playful yet also teaching important lessons, that its hard to imagine a kid for whom this wouldnt be a good fit, to be honest.
And really, all you have to do is say, “Its by the author of Babymouse! Doesnt that sound awesome” It works, I promise

Thanks so much to Rockstar Book Tours, Jennifer Holm, and Random House Kids for letting me take part in this blog tour for the utterly delightful The Third Mushroom!

Rating:probably seen in the night sky by William Herschel!

Disclosure: I received an early ecopy of this boo from the publisher for purposes of this blog tour.
This review is voluntary and reflects my honest rating and thoughts on the book, .