Lily to the Rescue

First sentence: Maggie Rose is my girl. I am her dog. In my opinion, this means we should be together every moment.

Premise/plot: Lily revisits her friends the pigs [whom she met in an earlier book in the series] and meets a new friend, a donkey named Burrito. Burrito is having trouble fitting

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in/belonging. He's sold...but the other donkeys--older donkeys, don't want anything to do with him at all. Burrito LOVES the pigs from his old place and smells like a pig. Can Lily (who also smells like a pig) help Burrito fit into his new home? And will this lead to a bath???

My thoughts: I do love this series overall. This particular book in the series is fairly uneventful. Bryan, Maggie Rose's brother, goes with Maggie Rose, Lily, and their mom to the farm[s]. Bryan makes a possible new friend and discovers he likes horses. But other than learning that Lily likes to smell horse poop [I could have gone my whole life without needing to know that] not much happens. That being said, Lily is as adorable as ever.

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First sentence: Everyone knows that Maggie Rose is my girl, and I am her dog. Even squirrels know, because they see me coming at the end of my leash, and they scamper quickly up a tree and then stare down at me.

Premise/plot: This Lily-to-the-Rescue book might contain the most action of all in the

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series. After a mama bear is "rescued" and brought into surgery, it is learned that she has recently had cubs. They need to be found quickly. The whole family sets out [perhaps with some other workers/employees] to look for the bear cubs. Lily, of course, goes along. As does the family's other dog. Bryan, Maggie Rose, and Craig are only supposed to look for the cubs on the trail....but when they follow a deer off the trail, well, this grand adventure turns into a misadventure fast. Can these three siblings and two dogs survive in the mountains all night long?????

My thoughts: I would say this one was so compelling I had to read it in one sitting, but, I read all the Lily books in one sitting. Nevertheless, it was packed with action and adventure. There are some "in peril" moments that would have definitely had me on the edge of my seat if I'd been younger.

I do enjoy this series. If there were more books [there don't appear to be anymore at this point] I would definitely read them.

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First sentence: The smells coming in through the open window of the car were cool and clean. They told my nose that our car ride was taking us to a place called "Up in the Mountains."

Premise/plot: Foxes in a Fix is packed with adventure--absolutely packed. Several arctic foxes are ready to be

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released in the wild. But they'll need transport to Alaska. Lily, Maggie Rose, and their dad fly up to Alaska--thanks to a pilot friend whom Maggie Rose just knows needs a dog--to release these foxes.

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this one. It is unusually packed with extra adventure. Normally, we just go to visit farms or zoos or a natural park. In this one we get to go to the zoo and Alaska. Lily is as adorable as ever. (She even wears a sweater in this one).

I do recommend the series.

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