Ida and the Wool Smugglers Review

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Ida and the Wool Smugglers ReviewI never would have come across this book on my own. I was lucky enough to be guided by a truly great reference book called _Great Books for Girls_ (Kathleen Odean). Ms. Odean suggests that the book would be good for 2-5 year olds. I thought it would be a bit much for my 2 1/2 yr old daughter, but it became an instant favorite.
From an adult point of view, this is a nice book, perhaps a bit stiff in the text. It is a historical story in the Red Riding Hood tradition about a little girl who is ready to be grown-up and brave in a Canadian pioneer village. What my daughter truly loved was the encounter with real bad guys: adult wool smugglers from mainland Canada, known to shear a sheep to steal it's wool, and even to slaughter the sheep for dinner. Ida is a responsible, thinking kid, who finds herself alone with a ewe and twin lambs just as the smugglers signal each other with a characteristic whistle from the cover of the woods.
Ida runs the sheep on her own (usually this is done with many people and a whole herd of sheep, much faster and less effort). She gets them corraled safely and still completes her delivery of bread to a family with a new baby. Her reward is to get to hold the baby while the infant's mother fixes her a snack. This was also a big deal to my daughter, who takes the handling of little babies very seriously. The dramatic tension was the real draw, though. Hard to find in books about a girl, written for very young girls.
I think a child as old as 8 still would enjoy this story if s/he was reading on his/her own. It is not an easy-reader, but some kids are ready for a challenge, and the age-appropriate material is a plus. I figure Ida for about 5 or 6 herself, but it is hard to read her age. An older kid could still identify with her, especially, as Ms. Odean says, a kid who longs to be older.
Boys will also find this book fun. It can be read by anyone, but girl readers will be harder-pressed to find a story like this starring a girl like them.Ida and the Wool Smugglers OverviewIda and her family live on an island farm off the west coast of Canada. One busy spring morning, Ida's mother asks her to take some freshly baked bread to their neighbors. Ida's brother thinks she's too young to go alone. She isn't even big enough yet to help with the spring sheep run. But when Ida outsmarts a gang of sheep smugglers, everyone knows she's ready for new responsibilities. Ann Blades's distinctive watercolors perfectly complement this heartwarming tale.

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