Lisa Riggin

Abigail and the Balance Beam is a fun story to read with your child. It explores the theme of growing up and the perceptions kids can have of adults. The main character Abigail goes through the story wishing to grow up, however its discovered at the end it is more focused around a desire for perfection that she equates to adulthood. It has a nice lesson that growing up is more about improving than perfection. This book is good for a lot of different kinds of children, but I feel only very show more relevant to a small group of children who are very orderly and struggle with a perfectionist type of attitude. I also wish the book did not have Abigail outstanding at every other event as I feel it takes away from the message that you do not have to be perfect and to just aim to grow. show less