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Leslie McFarlane

Reading: Read together if useful, pausing when Carmen escapes to let your child guess what the friends might try. Afterwards, compare their ideas with what the story actually shows.
Themes: Finding Carmen: Nancy, Bess and George try to find Carmen, a hyacinth macaw that escapes from an aviary. The search is presented as the central mystery and a shared task for the friends.
Worth knowing: Bess screams when Todd holds a creepy jar of beetles near her.

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