Mimi and her Periwinkle Tower pals are back in this sweet and silly sequel to It’s Not Easy Being Mimi! But after a series of friendship mishaps, will they still be able to stick together forever?

Six members loyal,
six members true.
We’ll stick together,
whatever we do!

Mimi and her best friends Yoshi, Tonya, Boris, Hunter, and Sofie have formed the Gum Club, a special club where they eat gumballs from Boris’s gumball machine, recite the special Gum Club Promise to always stick together, and talk about important things, like the tunnel they are digging behind the Periwinkle Tower where they might even find dinosaur bones or buried treasure. But it’s hard to keep a group of six friends together no matter what. Yoshi has to go to Reading Boot Camp all summer for help learning to read. Tonya is getting annoyed with Yoshi for playing his ukulele too loudly, and she gets bossy while they’re digging in the tunnel. Then Mimi says something that hurts Yoshi’s feelings and she is having trouble apologizing. Is the Gum Club bubble about to burst?

Excerpt

Springtime at the Periwinkle Tower

Springtime at the Periwinkle Tower
Hi, it’s Mimi again! Reporting from the Periwinkle Tower, home of the Gum Club.

You’ve probably heard about the Periwinkle Tower. It’s that tall apartment building in the middle of Pueblo del Mar. That’s Spanish for “Village by the Sea.”

Remember? We were in the news a few months ago when we won the Pueblo del Mar Holiday Decorating Contest. It was really Boris who won it for us with his gigantic stegosaurus.

It’s funny. Last year I did everything I could to keep our group apart. That’s because one of the Periwinkle residents drove me bonkers. I won’t say who.

About The Author

Photograph by Tom Davick

Linda Davick

Linda Davick is the illustrator of several picture books, including We Love You, Rosie! by Cynthia Rylant; What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold; as well as her own Say Hello! and I Love You, Nose! I Love You, Toes!. She is also the author and illustrator of the Mimi’s World chapter book series. She lives near a nature preserve in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

About The Illustrator

Photograph by Tom Davick

Linda Davick

Product Details

Publisher: Beach Lane Books (October 6, 2020)
Length: 240 pages
ISBN13: 9781442458932
Ages: 6 - 9
Lexile ® 590L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

Raves and Reviews

Mimi and the Gum Club are back in action! After a field trip to the town’s lighthouse, Mimi dreams of finding buried treasure, believing that somewhere beneath Periwinkle Tower there is a chest full of coins and jewels—and that it’s all for her. However, the spunky girl soon discovers that her selfish attitude is a costly thing to have. As for the other Gum Club members, Yoshi is leaving for the summer for a reading boot camp; Tonya is trying to find a room at the Periwinkle Tower so she can be closer to her friends; Boris is on a mission to find the best flavor of pudding; and for some reason Sofie is walking around with a bandaged leg, while lugging a suitcase. The kids go on some fantastic and hilarious adventures together, and young readers will delight in the characters’ autonomy—the conspicuous absence of adults may be less pleasing to parents. This second installment in the illustrated Mimi’s World series is as funny as the first (It’s Not Easy Being Mimi, 2018), offering even more heartwarming moments.

– Booklist, Online Exclusive, November 8, 2019