Whatever After - Book 4 and 5

Book 4

Mlynowski, S. (2014). Whatever after: Dream On. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Book 5

Mlynowski, S. (2014). Whatever after: Bad hair day. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Overview: The adventure continues in book 4 with Abby and Jonah traveling into Sleeping Beauty's story. Abby's new best friend is sleeping over and sleep walks downstairs to the basement. Of course Mary Rose the mirror takes the opportunity to create the next adventure. The siblings must figure out how to fix Sleeping Beauty's story and wake up their friend. The friend pricked her finger and fell asleep instead of Sleeping Beauty. They have to get the fairies to help by tricking them that it is Jonah's birthday. He makes all kinds of wild and crazy wishes. Several wishes do come true and they return to the real world with everyone back to normal and a new member to their family Prince the dog.

Book 5 begins with Abby being upset that she lost the spelling bee. She can't believe she misspelled an easy word. Jonah tries to cheer her up by convincing her to go through the mirror on an adventure. They take a trip to Rapunzel's tower with Prince following. They have all kinds of misfortune in the story. Beginning with Jonah tearing up Rapunzel's bread with his cleats. Every time Abby tries to fix the situation more things goes wrong. Jonah also teases Abby throughout the story about her spelling issues. At one point Jonah and Prince both turn blue. Eventually the two siblings are able to set the story on a new path and are able to return home. This time though they are in big trouble. Their parents are awake because they heard Prince barking before they went in to the mirror. They have to promise their parents they will not go into the basement in the middle of the night again. 

Will they be able to continue their fairy tale adventures with out breaking their word?

This series of books are great for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students who like a little adventure with a fairy tale twist. My 3rd grade daughter and I are currently reading book 6 together. I can't wait to see how it ends so I can share.