Jasmine Green Rescues: A Duckling Called Button by Ellie Snowdon, Helen Peters
ISBN: 1536210250
Genres: Animals
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Jasmine Green is back for the second installment of in this series on Oak Tree Farm. After a dog kills a mallard sitting on a nest, Jasmine and her best friend, Tom, find the now orphaned eggs and decide to raise them in an incubator. When only one duckling, Button, survives, Jasmine is determined to give him the best life she can.

This is a great follow-up to the first book, but it is completely fine as a stand alone. Jasmine lives on a farm, and there are parts of this book that don’t sugar coat this life — there is animal death so super sensitive kids should probably avoid this one. The story is engaging, easy to follow, and keeps you interested throughout. Black-and-white pencil drawings throughout minimally add to the story, but help to break up the text a bit. Recommended for kids 3rd grade and up, give this one to the animal lover in your family.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME