Room Enough for Daisy

K-Gr 3—Daisy's room is packed with toys, games, and clutter. Her birthday party is only three weeks away and her lengthy gift list includes a hockey net so she can practice inside and an aquarium she plans to fill with fish. She whines about wanting a bigger room, but her clever mom has a plan. She unpacks Daisy's neglected old toys that were supposed to go to the synagogue for a rummage sale and puts them in her room. The weeks pass, and Daisy finally realizes that her stuff is eating up every square inch of her room. On her birthday, she decides to donate many of her things, including some new presents, for the Mitzvah Day sale. Digitally created, the energetic illustrations are saturated with color and contrasted with white space that draws attention to the clutter and to Daisy's accumulated bruises from bumping into her toys. The child comes to understand that less is more and to love the sense of space in her neater room. This title will be great for discussions about greed, entitlement, and charity. An accurate description of Mitzvah Day is included.—Anne Beier, Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY