Very cute book, tons to look at in the colorful illustrations but even more important is the message of the book. Caterina loves lists, summer, and her scooter which breaks before the 1st page of the story. Appearing in the story with her is her little brother Leo. In order to get a shiny new scooter Caterina figures out how to raise money (a good concept for children to understand money doesn't appear because you want it)-a lemonade stand. However she isn't the only one in the area with the same idea. Instead of giving up Caterina goes a step farther to figure out how to set her lemonade stand apart from the rest. Again great lessons for children in persevering and thinking outside the norm. Her end result is creative and successful and when she gets the new scooter it is a beautiful message on the last page about why she wanted to get it. A wonderful story.
