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About Millie Fierce
Product description If Fancy Nancy got angry. Really, really angry. Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But the kids at school don't listen to her. And she never gets a piece of birthday cake with a flower on it. And some girls from her class walk right on top of her chalk drawing and smudge it. And they don't even say they're sorry! So that's when Millie decides she wants to be fierce! She frizzes out her hair, sharpens her nails and runs around like a wild thing. But she soon realizes that being fierce isn't the best way to get noticed either, especially when it makes you turn mean. So Millie decides to be nice--but to keep a little of that fierce backbone hidden inside her. In case she ever needs it again. With bright art and an adorable character, it's easy to empathize with Millie. Because everyone has a bad day, once in a while. Praise for MILLIE FIERCE “ Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang’s When Sophie Gets Angry.”-- School Library Journal From School Library Journal K-Gr 2-Millie is an ordinary girl who often feels ignored; she is "too short to be tall, too quiet to be loud, and too plain to be fancy." Tired of the indifference of others, she decides to stop being subdued and polite and start being fierce. Her change in attitude gets plenty of attention, though not the type that she hopes for. Millie crushes her neighbor's flowers, creates messes in the kitchen, and even eats the birthday boy's cake. When her bad behavior causes her to lose friends and be shunned again, Millie learns that doing good deeds can be a better way to get others to notice her. Manning's vivid watercolor illustrations are engaging and will have readers rooting for Millie, even when her antics turn mean-spirited. Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry (Blue Sky Press, 1999).-Stephanie Rivera, Naperville Public Library, ILα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. From Booklist Millie feels milquetoast: she is “too short to be tall, too quiet to be loud, and too plain to be fancy.” Tired of being ignored and treated as a “smudge,” one day she finally snaps and sharpens her nails, frizzes her hair, and, with a great growl, acts out all over the neighborhood. Cutting in line, painting the dog, ruining the garden next door, and stealing birthday cake are cathartic at first, but soon she rediscovers her true kind nature and makes restitution. The skilled watercolor illustrations in varying layouts well document her experience and its impact both on her and those around her. While her mischief may be more hurtful to others and her story less charming than that of her developmental peer Max from Where the Wild Things Are, the more literally depicted journey from meek to bully is instantly recognizable, and her resolution, as she determines that goodness is (“mostly”) better than fierceness, is relatable and comforting. Preschool-Grade 1. --Andrew Medlar Review “ Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang’s When Sophie Gets Angry.”-- School Library Journal — School Library Journal About the Author Jane Manning is the illustrator of The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches by Alice Low, and Drip, Drop by Sarah Weeks, among others. She lives in Deep Water, Connecticut.
