Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis

This is a story about a girl in a ladybug- looking dress that goes about her day as ladybug girl. She tries to play baseball with her brother and his friends but he says she's too small, which kind of makes her a bit mad, so she goes about whimsical little adventures of her own because she is ladybug girl! And is not small at all. The girl is kind of free spirited and imaginative so it's fun reading about her. It isn't the best 'free spirited' children's book I've read, but it's decently done and worth the time put in.

Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman

This is a great story, both to read out loud and to read alone. It's about a girl whose mother wants her to clean her room, but her friends come over and they end up playing instead. Her mother tells her a few times to go clean her room and she seemingly goes to do it, but she takes her friends with her, as well as her baby sister, and they get distracted by their imaginations, so we get to see them pretending to be a bunch of different things. At the end though her mother puts her foot down and tells Jillian to clean her room, so she tells her friends to come back when her room is neater.

The book rhymes, which is amazing for reading out loud, or for singular readings, the flow is nice. The illustrations are great too, the characters look like they're having fun. The way they're drawn conveys a lot of energy and excitement, and yet the drawings are simple... I guess they kind of remind me of children themselves, not a whole lot to them, but invest your time and you'll have more than your share of fun.

This whole series is great. I recommend.