Day 12: Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano (but she does love being in recitals) by Peggy Gifford

This book is the third in the Moxy Maxwell series. Moxy is a fun loving, sweet girl. She is determined to accomplish all of the items on her many lists, including the 93 things she wants to do before she is 13 and the long list of possible careers she might have. Moxy likes to be the center of attention but does not always like to put in the work to do it right. In the first book, Moxy is excited about her swim dance performance, she is a daisy but she does not want to read Stuart Little. She was supposes to read the book before the end of the summer and it is the last day and she still has not read it. So there will be consequences, not being able to perform. Moxy is a champion procrastinator. In this installment, it is the day of Moxy’s piano recital she is very excited about her crown, sparkle shoes, and the cape that she convinced her grandmother to make but playing the piano is not going as well. Moxy is set to play “Heart and Soul” but she does not think it is long enough for her debut so she just keeps playing. This comes to her mother’s attention and now Moxy has to do it right or there will be consequences. Not only is Moxy loveable and hilarious, her family is a wonderful cast of characters, her twin brother Mark, who’s photographs fill the book, like sister Pansy, her best friend Sam, Granny George, and Aunt Susan Standish. If you love the Clementine books or the Ramona books then you will love Moxy as well. This book is good for second and third graders and one that will be loved by boys and girls.