I found this story very competent in its presentation. I use this word with care, not to indicate a lack of emotional depth but to show what the author focuses on throughout your book.

This is not an average story of a girl with ideas who makes to have run away successes with all her ideas. When the book begins we have our young entrepreneur trying to start another company on the heels of her already established ‘businesses’. She hits upon a unique idea which other children in her school also embrace.

Her parents warn her about taking on too much but she feels like she has everything in hand – until she doesn’t.

I found the unraveling quite fascinating and believable, giving the entire story a very strong setup. It is something most young kids would be able to associate with and follow the narrative with ease.

There are some bigger ideas and words used in a way that will stick with the younger readers making it the kind of book i’d definitely buy for my nieces and nephews.

I received an ARC thanks to Netgalley and the publishers but the review is entirely based on my own reading experience.

"Ten out of ten! I loved it! Mia is confident, friendly, and likeable. The detailed illustrations help the story. I just can't get enough!"
We are anxiously awaiting The Pop-Up Shop Predicament.
Leona Claire, 8yo granddaughter
Dorothy Schwab

Mia Madison is her school’s premier kid-trepreneur (that’s a kid business owner). She’s started a successful pet sitting business—Have-A-Nice-Vacation—and a seasonal lemonade stand—Pack Some Punch Stand.

Hopscotch Girls Presents "Mia Madison, CEO" is a fantastic book that is sure to empower its young female readers especially aspiring entrepreneurs, as it highlights the awesomeness of girls and girl-power.

This book is about Mia Madison - an 11 year old entrepreneur who already has 2 successful businesses under her belt. When another business opportunity presents itself, Mia can't help but pursue it. However, because of her other outstanding commitments and responsibilities (with school, friends, family, and work), it seems like Mia is biting more than she can chew and is now being spread too thin.

This book is both engaging, inspiring, and informative. It uses business and entrepreneur terms and language throughout the book, while breaking it down for younger readers to easily understand. It also teaches an important lesson on work/life balance and overcoming challenges and adversities, especially when it comes to trying out new ventures.

Although I really enjoyed it, I'm giving it 4 stars as I was hoping to read more about what happened to Mia's friends and how her clients' businesses turned out at the end.

What a great book! I was so curious how it was going to resolve the complex issues the main character faced! The characters were well rounded and well written. The plot moved along quickly. I would recommend this book to any upper elementary student, particularly those aspiring entrepreneurs.

I received an Advance Reader Copy of this book on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Mia Madison, CEO presented by Hopscotch Girls and Kathryn Holmes, with Luna Valentine's illustrations, was a fun, informative read.

I've never read a book quite like this one, where the female lead really knows her worth and has ambition and drive to boot. I found Mia and her friends were fleshed out nicely, where I felt they each had their individual personalities, so much so, that I would be interested in reading about them more (spin-offs in this friend group with each girl and their passions/hobbies would be a no-brainer.)

A few notes I made to myself about this book was that at times Mia does not sound like a 6th grader. She uses words like "reverently" and "rueful" which took me out of her character a little bit. That being said, I did find it very clever to work in entrepreneurial vocabulary words and have Mia explain them as she uses them. I think I would've loved this book as a kid in the 90s, as I was so intrigued by business but I had no idea how to even began (many failed lemonade stands and bracelet making businesses.) My pause, as an adult, reading it felt like Mia's family needed more together time. They said how much they loved each other and it felt genuine but I kept thinking how sad it was that everyone was kind of in their own business bubble, except for Rosie. Their together time was through a quick dinner or through a car ride, but family time didn't seem to happen in the house.

There was also a bit of nepotism that drove Mia's ability to run her businesses. I don't think it was relatable in that sense but I did like seeing her and her mother in positions of power. It did seem a little weird that all the mother's successes were attributed to the mother alone and no real mention of the workers that worked under her.

The ending felt a little disjointed - Mia had never tangibly made something to help her clients before and she doesn't really show skills of that nature throughout the book to provide any foreshadowing, so it felt unrealistic of a solution given what we know of her. Another bit I noticed, it keeps hinting at her and Jacob's feud and it even goes as close to saying that he was beginning to explain himself, but any resolution to that is completely missing.

There were also a few minor issues - the shoot for the moon quote didn't give proper credit to the author (I think it's Norman Vincent Peale?). On page 55 there is a weird typeset issue with spacing. On Page 115 there's a period then a comma after "six o'clock." Small things that I don't think most people would notice. Aside from that, I actually really liked the layout of the book. The illustrations were fresh and funny. I enjoyed seeing the email bubbles laid out. The chapters were short and sweet. Overall, really well done in that regard. I would've loved to see even more of Valentine's work throughout the book. Maybe a full page spread every five chapters would've been really fun and immersive.

Another point I wanted to touch on is the author did a great job of building tension and bringing it to "everything is fine" to "everything is falling apart." There was a slow build of Mia being able to handle things until she starts pushing it too far and things really start to crumble. As a reader, I could really feel that stress, so well done in building that drama.

After finishing this book, I found it sat well with me. I liked reading it, I liked the characters, and there was enough substance to make me want to check out more books if it turned into a series. I can even confirm that I learned some things about entrepreneurship along the way.

I really appreciate receiving this complimentary DRC. Thank you to #NetGalley and #HopscotchGirlsPresents and to Andrews McNeel Publishing.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this arc, in exchange for my honest review.

This was such an easy, educational and fun read! Well written, motivational and heartwarming. I finished it in 2 days and apart from some unfinished business and a clumsy ending (I will elaborate on that at the end ;) of my review), I loved it!!!

Super catchy, cute cover and fun doodles and other illustrations inside!

Mia Madison is an eleven-year-old kid-entrepreneur. She loves her day planners, making to-do lists and getting big shiny ideas! She’s a very likable main character. Her enthusiasm makes her almost jump off the page!

She has some amazing modern parents, great teachers and the best friends. Her parents are really there for her, they have some great rules and I loved the office hours, where her mom (who has several successful businesses) gives her some amazing advice at random times and places, which made it fun :). Her best friends are true best friends, it was a joy to read about them. But there are some less supportive people in this story too, one a hater and one a former friend. What bothered me about that last one, was that we kept getting hints towards their past miscommunication finally getting resolved, but it just never happened. That was confusing and disappointing.

Mia has 2 low-key businesses. But when she gets a new business idea and brings the idea to life, she soon starts struggling. Her parents had told her that she shouldn’t bite off more than she can chew. It becomes more and more clear that she did … but she keeps trying to do it all. When her parents notice, it’s them who intervene. Mia isn’t happy about how at first, but she soon realizes that it was for the best and it makes her rethink and reprioritize which leads to a great outcome.

So many business terms get explained throughout this book in an understandable and fun way. And as an animal lover, I loved how many pets were part of this story.

The end left me disappointed though and even rolling my eyes a little. I just don’t understand how you can write this amazing, fun and pretty realistic story and end it in a silly, completely unrealistic and unoriginal way.

But overall a great read that I enjoyed a lot!