Lola Levine Meets Jelly and Bean

The Lola Levine books are my daughter’s favorite. She’s read them out of order, but that hasn’t mattered — she’s especially a fan of Lola’s personality, identity as a part of multiple cultural/racial groups, and her interactions with family and at school. Great books!

Great book in this series. My daughter loves Lola and her family, she feels identified with her as a bilingual child with parents that encourage her to do what she feels, not trying to fit into a determine role. As with the other Lola's books, her family finds a way to support her through the sad episodes of an 8 year old kid. Even though we finished reading all the books, my daughter loves to re-read them!

My 6 year old daughter read the whole series in a month. Great books!!

This was our first Lola Levine book. I bought this for my six year old who is a very strong reader, she reads at a third grade level at least. It was not a difficult book to read, the story was cute, and we look forward to buy more books from this series. My six-year-old definitely enjoyed it.

Realistic and entertaining story of elementary level children and their families.

Daughter loves reading these.

Finishing up the whole series sent to our granddaughters

This realistic fiction chapter book is the definition of a bicultural family that loves to spend time with each other and solve everyday problems! Lola Levine has a younger brother named Ben. She is your typical older sister who is always looking out for her brother. Lola and Ben are adopting a kitten! But before they can get a cat, they have to do some research on what a cat needs and even start building a cat play structure, or as the family calls it “a cat castle”. Once their new cat, Jelly, is home, Ben and Lola discover that Ben is allergic to cats! The ending of this realistic and humorous book is a true reflection of how a family solves a problem and works together for one goal. An amazing series to add to your diverse classroom library!Monica Brown created an excellent bicultural character when she started the Lola Levine series. The sibling relationship between Lola and Ben is so apparent and loving, as well as the other relationships within the family. Lola Levine is a great role model for all as she navigates her childhood throughout this great series!

It was nice that Lola Levine got a cat but it was a bit sad. But then her super best friend (Josh) said he could adopt the cat (Jelly) and then they found a puppy and named it Bean. It is such a lovely book and I would recommend it!