Amanda is excited to see pretty purple envelopes in girl’s hands at school, then devastated not to receive her own.

They are birthday invitations to a classmate’s party. Everyone knows Eve has the best parties and Amanda has never been excluded in the past.

Getting with her besties Lu and Mai, they wonder why Amanda is the only one in their Year three class who has been left out?

They decide to learn why and Operation Invitation is launched.

The 1st in a series for Year 3 and up (7+), Amanda Commander is about a trio of girls with Amanda their unofficial leader.

Lu, Mai and Amanda have their own club called The Dolphin Squad. In between sharing a classroom, other friends, and baking and artwork after school, they also encounter popularity and friendship problems, among other everyday challenges.

This first episode portrays a problem of exclusion and making others happy only in exchange for some sort of pay off.

Being kind for no reason is the resulting lesson, without being heavy handed. The girls come to this realisation themselves, together as friends.

Chocka with expressive illustrations, emerging readers will gobble these junior chapter books up!

Author – Coral Vass

Illustrator – Heidi Cooper Smith

Age – 7+

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(2022, Exisle Publishing, Club House, Baking, Art, Creativty, Painting, Colours, Positive Affirmations, Friendship, School, Popularity, Growing up, Series)