It's Snow Joke!

The "Katie Kazoo" series is about an elementary age girl who received a granting of her wish to be someone else. In each book in this series she experiences (temporarily) a change into someone else, and during the period of change she usually creates a conflict that she has to work to resolve after she turns into Katie again. My daughters (similar in age to Katie) love these books and usually consume them in a single day (or a single sitting). The conflict is low-grade and typically funny or light-hearted. "It's Snow Joke" is about Katie turning into a ski instructor. During that short time, she messes up so royally that the real instructor's job is at stake. As Katie again, she has to find a way to salvage the situation. One of our favorites.

If you know a young reader who just loves the Junie B. Jones series but finds them to be a little easy to read, then you'll want to introduce them to Katie Kazoo. My daughter had devoured the Junie B series by the beginning of second grade. Then we found Katie Kazoo. THe books are written on a second or third grade reading level. In each book, Katie switches places with someone and gets to experience life from another character's point of view. These situations can be a good jumping off point for parents as they try to teach their children empathy and putting themselves in someone else's shoes.