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The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane Hardcover – Illustrated, December 31, 2020

by Nikki Shannon Smith (Author), Mari Lobo (Illustrator)
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Mama and Daddy are heading out of town, which means Azaleah and her sisters get to spend the weekend at Auntie Sam's. The girls can't wait for their special weekend! Azaleah even decides to bake cookies to surprise her parents when they return. After all, as Mama says, "Cooking for someone is like giving them a gift." But the cookies are a disaster! Azaleah is stumped. She's sure she did everything right. Can Azaleah get to the bottom of the cookie catastrophe before Mama and Daddy get back?
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  3. Language
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  5. Lexile measure
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  6. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
  7. Publisher
    Picture Window Books
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    December 31, 2020
  9. ISBN-10
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  10. ISBN-13
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The Amazing Life of Azaleah Lane

Being the middle child isn’t always easy, but eight-year-old Azaleah Lane handles it with style, charm, and spunk!

  • A new chapter book series featuring an African American main character!
  • Stunning full color illustrations throughout
  • A true mystery that will keep readers guessing until the end
  • Fun facts about Washington D.C. (Azaleah’s hometown) sprinkled throughout the story

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Nikki Shannon Smith is from Oakland, California, but she now lives in the Central Valley with her husband and two children. She has worked in Elementary Education for over twenty-five years, and writes everything from picture books to young adult novels. When she's not busy with family, work, or writing, she loves to visit the coast. The first thing she packs in her suitcase is always a book.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picture Window Books; Illustrated edition (December 31, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1515844668
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1515844662
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 7 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 570L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 1 - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches
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Nikki Shannon Smith is the author of seventeen published and forthcoming books for children. She is from Oakland, California, but she now lives in Woodland, CA with her husband and two children. She has worked in elementary education for over twenty-five years, and writes everything from board books to young adult novels. When she’s not busy with family, work, or writing, she loves to visit the coast. The first thing she packs in her suitcase is always a book.

Nikki's latest titles include Lena and the Burning of Greenwood: A Tulsa Race Massacre Survival Story and the Scientific Life of Azaleah Lane (Book 4 in the series). Additional titles include A Star Like Jesse Owens, The Little Christmas Elf, Treasure Hunt (Reality Show Series), and four more books in Capstone's Girls Survive Series: Noelle At Sea: A Titanic Survival Story, Ann Fights For Freedom: An Underground Railroad Survival Story, Charlotte Spies for Justice: A Civil War Survival Story and Sarah Journeys West: An Oregon Trail Survival Story. In 2022 and 2023, Our Beautiful Colors (Little Golden Book) and the 4-title Brown Baby Parade Board Book series (Random House) will be released.

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Azaleah solving a scrumptious problem!
“The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane” is a book my 8 year old really enjoyed reading! This is a story of Azaleah an 8 year old girl and her older and younger sister. Azaleah loves being a detective and finding solutions to her problem. In this story she and her sisters are spending a weekend with their aunt Sam and decide to bake some cookies for their parents. When things don’t turn out right, Azaleah is decisive about finding the problem and fixing it!The book is full of really good themes, respect to adults, forgiving others when they make a mistake by accident, showing and gifting love by cooking something yummy, and family care and love. Truly a good story for a second or third grader full of good values!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved the story and the pictures
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My grandson enjoyed this book and never gets tired of reading it over and over again.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully uncomplicated and wonderfully entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2021
When eight-year-old Azaleah and her two sisters get to spend the weekend at their Aunt Tiana’s place, she is beyond excited for their adventure. While her restaurant-owner mother and lawyer father attend a food truck festival, Azaleah gets the idea to make cookies as a gift for her parents. But this seemingly simple task ends up becoming a challenging mystery that stumps Azaleah when her cookies don’t live up to her expectations.

Smith does a wonderful job of weaving a fun story complete with a mystery out of a simple concept, perfect for her young audience. Her characters are very relatable and true-to-life—parents will definitely appreciate the references to how challenging managing a trio of siblings can be. Azaleah’s relationship to her sisters, aunt, and parents is warm and loving but also realistic. I love how Azaleah systematically tackles her goal of solving the cookie mystery. With time running out, we worry—will she succeed in time?

The book even includes helpful backmatter for educators and parents, such as a glossary, discussion activities, and even a cookie recipe! Great, engaging story that kids and adults are sure to enjoy.
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K. Yin
5.0 out of 5 stars Smart story with lessons in persistence and persuasion
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021
My first Azaleah Lane mystery! With delightful characters and a real-life problem that needed solving, The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane features an 8-year-old sleuth on a serious mission: to bake cookies for her parents to express her love for their hard work. But being at her Aunt Sam's place has thrown her for a loop, and something's not right with her cookies. Young readers will enjoy the chance to be detectives along with Azaleah as she takes it step by step to arrive at the possibilities. This smart story contains lessons in persistence and persuasion as well as creative problem-solving. At the end of the book is a glossary, discussion prompts, writing exercises, and—thankfully—a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, including a gluten-free version, because you'll be wanting some!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Azaleah solving a scrumptious problem!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
“The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane” is a book my 8 year old really enjoyed reading! This is a story of Azaleah an 8 year old girl and her older and younger sister. Azaleah loves being a detective and finding solutions to her problem. In this story she and her sisters are spending a weekend with their aunt Sam and decide to bake some cookies for their parents. When things don’t turn out right, Azaleah is decisive about finding the problem and fixing it!

The book is full of really good themes, respect to adults, forgiving others when they make a mistake by accident, showing and gifting love by cooking something yummy, and family care and love. Truly a good story for a second or third grader full of good values!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Azaleah solving a scrumptious problem!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
“The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane” is a book my 8 year old really enjoyed reading! This is a story of Azaleah an 8 year old girl and her older and younger sister. Azaleah loves being a detective and finding solutions to her problem. In this story she and her sisters are spending a weekend with their aunt Sam and decide to bake some cookies for their parents. When things don’t turn out right, Azaleah is decisive about finding the problem and fixing it!

The book is full of really good themes, respect to adults, forgiving others when they make a mistake by accident, showing and gifting love by cooking something yummy, and family care and love. Truly a good story for a second or third grader full of good values!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Solid early chapter book, but a miss for our gluten free family.
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021
Interesting transitional reader for young elementary school kids, featuring a black family and strong female characters. Azaleah is quick with mysteries and puts her skills to work on the tricks behind her baking fiasco. She and her sisters chip in, work together, and help their aunt as she takes care of them. The mystery comes together with some funny mishaps and would probably engage most young readers. Great, bold, and clear illustrations are a huge plus!

In an attempt to be inclusive, however, this story misses the mark for our family. I would opt not to read it with my children, as two of them have Celiac Disease and we are not strangers to gluten free cooking and the accommodations their diets require. The author, in the story, questions, and recipes, really only addressed gluten sensitivity, which makes things unclear and hard for the 1 in 100 Americans with Celiac Disease. It makes the diet seem like a fad, a choice, a trend, or as depicted here, even a punishment. The problem with her cookies was less the flour, and more the recipe. Implying that the cookies couldn't be scrumptious AND gluten free is readily perpetuated and one of the biggest stigmas those with Celiac Disease face in a diet that can ostracize them within their communities. Generally, making adjustments beyond just swapping the flour, a gluten free cookie can be as good, or better, than a regular cookie. The references to someone being "very sensitive" to gluten or not and the various vanillas to consider is also confusing. For those with Celiac Disease, there just aren't levels - no amount of gluten is considered safe.

Additionally, these girls are a bit spoiled and demanding. I would not want my children to behave as she does much of the story and didn't love the modeling of demanding behavior and lots of material rewards in return.

Received eBook & reviewed in consideration for Cybils Award Early Chapter book shortlist for 2021.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another clever book in the delightful chapter book series about the life of Azaleah Lane!!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2021
Clever and loads of fun! The Scrumptious Life of Azaleah Lane is perfect for all young readers. It is the third book in Smith’s delightful series about the life of Azaleah Lane, a spunky eight-year-old and her sisters Tiana and Nia. The girls are off to visit Auntie Sam for the weekend and a mystery ensues. Readers will enjoy reading page after page as Azaleah is determined to solve what went wrong with her chocolate chip cookies. Smith engagingly weaves a realistic slice of sibling and family life – full of love and squabbles. The backmatter includes a glossary, wonderful writing exercises and my favorite, Azaleah’s chocolate chip cookie recipe. I highly recommend this delightful series for all young readers out there!
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K Valenti
5.0 out of 5 stars A scrumptious story about perseverance (and a great little mystery)!
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021
This is a sweet window into the life of an adorable heroine who sets out to achieve a seemingly easy goal: bake cookies. And yet, she is met with failure after failure after failure. As her efforts fall flat, the reader is as intrigued as Azaleah, creating a true "hook." Azaleah's attempts and responses are realistic and wholly relatable, and as the mystery of the failed cookies unfolds, the reader cannot help but cheer her on. To Nikki's credit, the mystery is intriguing and not at all evident, so the big reveal is a reveal for both Azaleah and the reader. Azaleah is an inspiring and endearing character. The artwork is bright and colorful and makes this story come alive even more. A delightful read!
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