Shrinking Violet
Written by Cari Best
Narrated by Calista Flockhart
4/5
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About this audiobook
Whether she's impersonating Elvis, swaggering like Captain Hook, or imitating the sounds of a cricket, Violet is expressive and funny—but only when she's alone or with her best friend, Opal. At school, especially around class bully Irwin, who teases her nonstop, she retreats into a shell of shyness. But when Irwin, playing the part of Planet Mars in the class play, begins to spin wildly out of control and threatens to ruin the entire production, it's Violet who saves the day—managing not only to give Irwin his comeuppance but to find her own unique way of surviving the spotlight.
Cari Best
Cari Best has written many award-winning picture books, including Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and My Three Best Friends and Me, described by the New York Times as “refreshing” and “exciting.” Her picture book If I Could Drive, Mama was described by Publishers Weekly as “a wonderful tribute to an imagination in perpetual motion.” In the Country of Queens is her first novel. Ms. Best lives in Connecticut.
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Reviews for Shrinking Violet
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why is this not available in my country, which is the Philippines? Is there anyway I could have it? I really love this one and I need Calista reading it to me.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I kind of wish that someone had stepped in on Violet's behalf in this story rather than leaving her on her own with Irwin who was a real slug of a character. On the other hand, this was a satisfying end to the story as well. Though Irwin is going to keep being a pest and curiously, it's up to Violet to handle it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very shy student, Violent, was in Mrs. Maxwell's class and she got the lead role of Lady Space in the call play about the solar system. During the play she helped the class bully, Irwin, with his lines even though he picks on her during class. In the end she realizes it's okay not to be shy. This book is a good model how you should be nice to everyone and that it's okay to be shy but you can overcome it if you would like.