When Violet Mackerel learn that she must have her tonsils taken out, the butterflies in her stomach feel more like rhinoceroses. But with a freezer stocked with breakfast ice cream, a wonderful new friend in the waiting room, and the certainty that surgery will transform her voice into that of an opera singer on the radio, Violet's tonsillectomy doesn't seem so bad. In fact, once the rhinoce…
Being the smallest in her family, she expects she knows how the small ladybug in her garden feels. It probably has to go to bed before all the others, and whenever it finds out something interesting, the bigger ladybugs probably say they already knew. Violet wants to help the ladybug, so she puts it in a jar and feeds it cheese toast - until she wakes up to a horrible surprise. But thankfull…
Her theory is put to the test when Mama and Vincent announce some very special news: they are going to get married. And they are all moving to a new house. Violet is excited for the wedding, but Dylan is angry about the move. Normally, it is nice to be inside with your family during a storm when there is something about penguins on TV. But it is hard to enjoy it when your brother is outside in …
Violet's ideas come in handy when developing plans, inventing useful theories, helping her mama at the market, digging for dinosaur bones, and sewing unusual leg warmers. But when it comes to getting a very special Blue China Bird, ordinary plans won't work. In fact, not even quite good plans are enough. What Violet needs is a brilliant plot.