Doodlebug Elizabeth

By Rachel Vail and Paige Keiser

Doodlebug Elizabeth is the fourth title in Rachel Vail's A Is for Elizabeth chapter book series--featuring illustrations by Paige Keiser.

Class 2B is getting pets!
What pets will they be?

Elizabeth does not like surprises, but she does like pets.
And she loves butterflies!

Even when they are baby butterflies and just look like smudges. (But, honestly, less.)

When Elizabeth gives her teacher a great idea with her doodles, every kid in 2B gets to choose one animal each to learn about! Elizabeth ends up with…JELLYFISH.

She does not feel a little disappointed with her choice.
Elizabeth has never felt a little ANYTHING in her entire life.

While the smudges grow into butterflies, Elizabeth is growing too – discovering that she can use her love of doodling to help deal with all her big feelings.

Even her feelings about goodbyes, and surprises…and jellyfish!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: May 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781250162236

Rachel Vail

Rachel Vail is the award-winning author of the critically acclaimed novels If We Kiss and Lucky, Gorgeous, and Brilliant (the Avery sisters trilogy) and more than a dozen other novels for young teens, including the Friendship Ring series. Rachel has also written many beloved picture books, including Piggy Bunny and Sometimes I'm Bombaloo, and two hit novels for elementary school kids, Justin Case: School, Drool, and Other Daily Disasters; and Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doom. Rachel lives in New York City with her husband and their two sons.

Book preview

Chapter 1

Class 2B is getting pets!

What pets?

I don’t know.

Our teacher, Ms. Patel, said, It will be a surprise when you come back after the weekend!

I don’t like surprises.

I like to know what to expect.

But I do like animals!

So I felt very excited and also very not.

Chapter 2

Our homework is:

Guess what animals we will host in Class 2B!

Draw a picture and write the name of the animals you think we’ll have in Class 2B on Monday!

I love animals, and their names.

And drawing!

I got right to work.

Chapter 3

My first guess is an elephant.

The name of this elephant is Perry.