Emma's Powers of Observation

I wish I could remember and recount all the things she notices that prove this, but one happened this week that I just couldn't help mentioning. We've finished reading the Junie B. Jones books popular with her age group that are funny for almost any age. The last two we had checked out from the library were Junie B Jones First Grader: Toothless Wonder, #20 and Junie B Jones First Grader: Boo and I mean it, #24. Emma was examining the covers side by side. She pointed out, "Mom, This one is no. 20 (Toothless Wonder) and she has no tooth in the picture since she lost her tooth. Then, in no. 24, she's got all her teeth again. It comes after no. 20, so she should still be missing a tooth. They didn't get that right." Trust Emma to notice a difference in the covers, analyze the sequence of the books and realize that the sequence mandated that the covers be different that what they were.