Super cute!! My second grader enjoyed reading the new words May made. Adorable illustrations. diverse representation

This super cute book is all about May, who saves the day with excellent bag of letters, by changing words, one letter at a time. This will be a fun one for early readers and anyone who likes word play.

This is a book about word play, plain and simple, and I really like it for that. There's the running gag about May resisting being referred to as superhero by Stu because she would rather be a businesswoman, and that works well within the text. In all, I think I could read this to children, and despite it being a story about wordplay saving the day, it would keep the audience engaged and entertained. I like the book for that reason. It's a fun, funny read.

This was a cute book. May was the hero in the story and I will be buying to share with my class. We all need heroes.

May is the founder of Wordsaver Inc. Her phone doesn’t stop ringing. May uses the power of words to turn harmful situations into harmless situations. When she receives a call that bees are attacking a group of children. She inserts ‘T’ into bees so it becomes beets and all children have a beet, except Stu. Stu is in a wheelchair and he asks to be May’s sidekick. Initially, May does not agree but later accepts his help when she faces tricky situations.

This picture book is great for increasing children’s interest in words and to teach them how words take on a completely new meaning by insertion and deletion of a few letters. I loved the wordplay of May and Stu. This can also be an activity book where kids can brainstorm how to change a dangerous word into a non-threatening one and compare it with what May did. I also like that this book teaches about entrepreneurship and partnership.

Thank you NetGalley and Capstone for letting me read this ARC and review it. This will be a fun read aloud with students, because not only is it diverse, but it talks about problem solving and how it's okay to have help!

I really enjoyed the concept of this. May runs a business where she helps her town by turning bad or dangerous situations into more fun or comical ones. She wants to be independent, but ultimately learns that it's great to have help. The diversity is great. I'm always looking for books that have disability rep but aren't based around the character's disability. I think this was great for language play with kids, and the illustrations were really cute. Would be fun for story time.

A fun read with kids. Diverse Characters and a looking at building and making words. A great read aloud or addition to a literacy center.

Thank you to Capstone and @NetGalley for allowing me to preview this book. The story is so cute! I love the idea of May using word power to save the day. She also learned a lesson that sometimes you cannot always conquer tasks on your own. It would be fun to have my kids try to figure out the new words before reading on!

May is a self-proclaimed business woman and doesn't shy away from correcting her mistaken title as a superhero. May changes words by removing letters or rearranging them. I wanted to like this story but I didn't care for May's constant choice of not acknowledging another child who clearly looked up to her. Unfortunately, just like I couldn't get behind May's attitude I just couldn't get behind this book.

May Saves the Day by Laura Gehl is a delightful, children's picture book!

May runs a busing of saving words! When someone has angry bees attacking everyone, she launches a T into the problem and now all the kids are saved. Why? Because now there are only beets! They don't sting like bees do. She continues to save people from the scary and horrifying words that come at them, with quite a comedic twist! We also have a little bit of diversity with Stu, a boy who gets around in a wheelchair, and his handy lasso.

This is a super sweet problem solving book that makes learning how to spell super fun. It's a great way to have fun with words with young children. I highly recommend this for parents and educators. I can see ages 3 and up finding this book super cute.

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Capstone for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

This is a very fun picture book about a girl who is NOT a superhero, she’s a business woman. May’s business is saving the day by adding or taking away letters from attacking words and making them easier to tackle. The illustrations are full of diversity. May is a person of color, and Stu (who wants to be her sidekick) is white and in a wheelchair. This story is about neither of those things, but it is lovely to see them represented, even if the authors do not share those characteristics.

This is an incredibly cute and fun book about superheroes, excuse me BUSINESSPEOPLE, and wordplay. May saves the day by changes scary words into harmless ones (bees becomes beets, bear becomes beard, etc). It is an adorable and creative way to teach sounds and spelling. The character who really shines in this book is Stu, a boy who just wants to be May's sidekick and use his incredible lasso skills to help. And although May insists that businesswomen don't need sidekicks, they come together in the end to save the day! (My favorite part about Stu's character is that his story has nothing to do with the fact that he uses a wheelchair.)

I loved May Saves the Day!

The inclusion of a wheelchair user was fantastic. There was no reason for the child to be in a wheelchair, he simply was! His wheelchair was included, did not hinder him, and was a part of who he was. Disability representation is always nice to see.

I can already imagine reading this book aloud in storytime. It's going to be a fantastic tool to teach words and letters.

Thank you for the ARC!

This story was really cute. I loved the eye-catching art style.

May runs "Words Inc." and uses her clever word skills to save the day. Stu really wants to be her sidekick, but May tells him over and over again that she's not a superhero, she's a businesswoman. Eventually, the pair start to work together to save the day.

I think this book was very fun and would be great for kids in grade one and two. It's all about getting creative with words, and would be a great way for kids to see that reading and writing can be fun and exciting. I also think that the story itself was great. May was a powerful businesswoman, and I love that she eventually teamed up with Stu. It shows that you can be a successful businesswoman/superhero and still ask for help. I also appreciated that the book had great diversity in the characters.

"May Saves the Day" is a cute, engaging picture book for a young audience. May saves the day by modifying words. Stu wants to help but takes a while to find his fit. "May Saves the Day" would be a great provocation in an early years classroom for some word work and writing. It's fun style is sure to delight all readers!

I loved this fun Yet meaningful story
It’s all about helping people , it can help children’s aim to greater things as they can now get confident in following their dreams and strength

May saves the day by changing a dangerous bear to a harmless beard and a scary snake to comfortable sneakers. Word Saver May finds an unexpected ally along her ventures. Young readers that like word play books like Where’s the Baboon and Lexie the Word Wrangler will look forward to reading May Saves the Day.

We absolutely LOVED this story! Is is all about help, acceptance, diversity and women’s strength and ability to own their own journey. I loved the fun story and the premise behind the words and the funny nature it added. Plus, her way to bring a smile to people’s faces was lovely. I love the illustrations as well!

I enjoyed the representation and camaraderie in this text. I think many kids can relate to wanting to help or wanting to be independent. Could be a great conversation starter for SEL or have some fun creative writing prompts spin off. Will recommend to elementary folks.