A Little Shopping - (Cobble Street Cousins) by Cynthia Rylant (Paperback)

About the Book

Romantic Lilly, practical Rosie, and exuberant Tess are three cousins who share a charming attic room in their Aunt Lucy's pretty blue house on Cobble Street. The cousins decide to create a dollhouse for Aunt Lucy in the shape of her flower shop, and manage to rescue an escaped parrot along the way. B&W illustrations.

Book Synopsis

Meet The
COBBLE STREET COUSINS

• Lily, who wants to be a poet
• Tess, who wants to be a Broadway star
• Rosie, who wants a little cottage with flowers by the door

Lily has a wonderful idea -- to surprise Aunt Lucy with a dollhouse that looks just like her flower shop. But first the girls have to buy a few things at The Olde Craft Shoppe, and with the Cobble Street Cousins, even a little shopping trip can turn into an adventure!

Review Quotes

Publishers Weekly Rylant's confident and sweet-natured girls are the kind of girls-next-door that anyone would want to know better.

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The charming...stories are going to make second and third grade girls blissfully happy.

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, Hornbeam, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Wendy Anderson Halperin is an acclaimed artist who has illustrated dozens of books for children, including Let's Go Home by Cynthia Rylant, Soft House by Jane Yolen, and Turn, Turn, Turn! by Peter Seeger. She lives in South Haven, Michigan.