by Mercer Mayer I will say that the illustrations are beautiful. But I didn't particularly like the story and I don't like Mayer after reading his author's note. My first objection is when Shibumi overhears the children insulting her over the garden wall. I did not like that the children used fa...
*Read by me, reviewed by my niece*All by Myself is the day-in-the-life story of a young, scruffy monster-boy, who shall go nameless, because his name was never given. He gets up, gets himself dressed and fed, "helps" feed and play with his sister, plays by himself, "helps" his parents, then hits the...
Horrible, horrible book! Filled with horrible people doing horrible things to each other! I'd expected this to be similar to [b:Soup|493508|Soup (Soup, #1)|Robert Newton Peck|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1175210367s/493508.jpg|3275154] or to [b:Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective|789344|Encyclopedia...
Originally posted here as part of the 30 Day Book Challenge.I realize I'm kind of cheating on this one. I'd considered several different options, and the majority of them ended up in the "semi" category instead of FULL ON like I'm sure the creator of this challenge intended. "Screw you," I say, "i...
This book has three of the Little Critter stories in it. They're quite good; the only thing to watch out for is that they're not 100% gender neutral which can be bothersome depending on how progressive you're trying to be. Examples: Little Critter gets to pick out fishing poles w/ Grandma while Litt...
The 1 star review was based on my 6 year old's opinion. He did not like this book at all because he did not like the 'scary monsters' that Liza Lou had to keep tricking. I thought the story was fine and I enjoyed Liza Lou's wit. I also liked the illustrations. I hoped my son would have liked it as m...
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