Book review of Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink, part of Josie’s Joyful Book Reviews for Kids.
Full Title: Baby Island
Author: Carol Ryrie Brink, Newbery Award winner and author of Caddie Woodlawn
Genre: This is a middle-grade adventure/survival fiction book.
Book Summary
Baby Island is about two sisters who save four babies from a sinking ship.
The two sisters’ names are Mary and Jean. Mary is 12, and Jean is 10. The babies’ are Ann Elizabeth, who is 1 year old; Elish and Elijah, who are 20-month-old twins; and Jonah, who is four months old.
The lifeboat they are in floats to a tropical island. Once they are there, Jean and Mary set up a tent for the little ones and go exploring.
Jean finds a perfect place by a freshwater stream. One day, Jean sees a footprint in the sand, so they hide out in their teepee.
After a while, they go exploring to find who the footprint belongs to. That was the beginning of their friendship with Mr. Peterkin.
Once a week, they houseclean for him in exchange for goat milk. Soon they’ve been living on the island for a year! Will they ever see their family again?
You’ll have to read the book to find out.
Josie’s Thoughts on the Book
I give Baby Island 5/5 stars because there aren’t many books like it. I love reading about girls, babies, and kids surviving on their own.
I’ve read this book six times already.
You would probably enjoy this book if you like adventure books and reading about kids who survive on their own.
Similar Books and Recommendations
Other books similar to Baby Island are:
- The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
- The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren
- The Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace
- The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Langster Brisley
- The Year of the Baby by Andrea Chang (and the entire Anna Wang series)
- The Bobbsey Twins series by Laura Lee Hope
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