Kids Books - Readers

basic but good

In this early chapter book, we meet Andy, whose parents are not together. He has a pet dog, Baxter, at his mother's house, and a pet cat, Simon, at his father's. When his mother goes out of town on business, Andy and Baxter (aka Beast) have to sleep over at his father's. Simon is kept in the basement so that the two pets can be introduced to each other slowly. Simon starts a correspondence with Beast, telling him the proper way to do things. In order to make amends, Beast leaves liver treats along with his notes, but Simon claims not to like these. The two have an adversarial relationship, but slowly warm to each other. Their reactions to a terrible storm help solidify their friendship. Correspondence from other creatures in the area, such as Cheeks the squirrel, Stinky the Skunk, and Bubbles the fish is included as well. Beast's grammar and spelling are not as good as Simon's, but his enthusiasm for his significant life change is good to see. Simon is curmudgeonly and catlike, so is not enjoying being kept in the basement, liver treats or no! The letter format might encourage younger readers to start writing notes and letters of their own, and it would be delightful if they aslo illustrated their epistles. Atteberry's illustrations show a great range of amusing facial expressions on the pets, and are in full color. I love the pops of teal, mauve, and apple green. Beast's spelling difficulties are given an entire glossary at the back of the book as a "Doggy Dictionary", which seems a bit unusual for a beginning reader book. Beginning readers might be interested in correcting Beast's spelling, and the phonetic spellings might be easier for them. Animal stories are always popular with younger readers, and this book will appeal to reader who enjoyed Cronin's Chicken Squad, DiCamillo's Mercy Watson, Elliott's Owl Diaries and Messner's Ranger in Time, as well as this author's own Kayla and King series.

This time in the clubhouse it turns and twist and ....all of the sudden they are on a boat .😃 then all of the sudden the find out they r on the titanic!!😥😥😮😮 they start to freak out because it will sink in three hours .they start to find rafts and small boats and they try to save a few people..does it work out?or does it sink too fast!?you better read it to find out😮! I think this was one of my favorite magic tree house 🌳 books .I recommend this book to 8 and 9 years olds and I rate this book4/5 stars 😁 😁 Pizzagirl7 😁 😁

I just love this book. Arrow is the best bunny in the world and he is on a mission for his key's power so the dark rabbits cannot steal it. He meets a dancer named Sara Penfold and she is currently on crutches because she sprained her ankle. Arrow helps cheer her up. Her best friend, Beth, use to go to dance classes with her before she hurt herself. Beth decides to work with another girl, Olya and they audition together. One day, Sara sees a girl in a classroom dancing and she wonders her name. A gym shirt that she left behind said Tamara Blake. Sara tries a plan with Arrow to get Tamara to know her better and talk to her. Tamara says she just moved there and she got bullied at her old school for showing off. She decides to come with Sara to watch Beth and Olya's dance. They end up not making the team, but they decide to make their own team. I really like this book and you guys should read more of Sue Bentley's books. I highly reccomend.

I challenged myself to read books from the Judy Moody series this month. So I started with this one because it is about a bucket list, a list of things to do before a certain time. For Judy, her list was before she began 4th grade. It is a fun book and easy read, especially for younger girls. I read this one in 2 days. What would be on your summer bucket list? My favorite part would be when Stink, Judy's younger, 2nd grade brother, help Judy understand contractions.

this is about a girl who can't read and has a monster named mary who lives under the bed.

In the book ''Deenie'' there was a girl named Wilmadene but is called Deenie for short. Deenie was buetiful and her mom was always pestering her about her futureas a model. But the thing is Deenie didn't even want to be a model but no matter what her mom would always take her to modeling agencys. But who knew a problem with your spine could change everything especially make your own mom drive you even crazier. In this book review, I will be telling you some positives and negatives I had toward this book. One thing that I liked about this book was that Deenie's big sister Helen tried to comfort Deenie after finding out about her crooked spine. On page 66, it says ''Later Helen came to my room with a piece of chocolate cake and a glass of milk.'If I had scolisis I'd want to talk about it.''' A next positive that I liked was that Deenie's dad was strict about making Deeni keep her brace on until she got better.To prove that statement it says in page 142''The day I found out about your brace I promised myself I'd be firm'' I really admired all the support that Helen and Deenie's dad gave her. Don't you? I have a few negatives about this book and one of them is the fact that Deenie's parents does'nt push her hard enough to do her school work. In the book it says on page 7 ''Deenie's the buety and Helen's the brain'' To be honest with you I personally think that was mean don't you? A next negative opinion is on page 105, it says ''Daddy stood up and reached for my hand but I pulled away and wouldn't let him touch me.'' Deenie did that after her dad and her had a disaggreement. I just feel thatDeenie was acting a little spoiled. Don't you agree for her to do that to your own father who has been supporting you? The book Deenie was ok. The reason why I didn't reccomend it was becuase I felt the book was a little boring. But I enjoyed reading it a little.

Mary Alice, age 15, feels very sorry for herself when she is put on a train by her parents (because they need to get a smaller house where there is no room for her) during the economic slump after "The Great War" (WW1), to live with her grandma (a woman known for being very active and having a gun) in a small town where everyone knows everything. I would recommend this book to age ten and up because it has some parts that are better for older kids (A painter tries to paint the post lady while she has not clothes on, and then a snake falls on her because the painter's studio is in the attic, and the post lady runs back to the post office screaming without her clothes on, and there is also a tiny bit of romance).

Our second grade class really enjoyed the time travel and loved giving Shep an Irish accent. We go to a Catholic school, so we were very familiar with all the things about the Church and sacraments. We liked the part when Patrick threw a rock at the sailor even though we know that isn't usually a good thing to do. Can't wait to read more Chime Traveler stories!

This is a heart warming book. That also show that dogs known for fighting can sometimes be the sweetest, most loyal!