Book Buddies: Roger Takes a Chance by Cynthia Lord, Stephanie Graegin
Series: Book Buddies #4
Published by Candlewick Press on 6/11/24
ISBN: 1536213578
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Cynthia Lord’s sweet Book Buddies series continues in Roger Takes a Chance.   Roger, a chick stuffed animal, and his mother Olive, are donated to a local library, where children can check out stuffed animals to read to them.  Roger yearns for adventure away from his mother and gets his big chance when 8 year old Liam accidentally drops him at the airport.  Roger realizes adventure isn’t all it’s cracked up to be as he is picked up by a dog and later almost gets stuck in an escalator.  Finally winding up in the airport’s Lost and Found, Roger feels lonely, until he meets Emmie, a penguin.  Liam and his family eventually check the Lost and Found, only to find Roger attached to Emmie with Velcro.  Liam takes Olive, Roger, and Emmie back to the library, where Emmie permanently joins Roger and Olive, showing children that there are different kinds of families.  This chapter book has black and white drawings on almost every page, which complement the simple text. This book is ideal for young readers who are just beginning to read chapter books independently.

Reviewed by Lindsay Varnum, Orono Public Library