The author did a great job of making me hate one of the main characters from beginning to end: Gillian.. But her development of other characters was uninteresting: my feelings toward each was a mere "meh", and no hero to counter the antagonist Gillian emerged for me. I was left with the impressi...
This is a fun book to read to children. It is also very repetitive and funny. Children enjoy this book, because it is something they can relate to if they are pet owners. In this book, Toby always misbehaves and his family wants something done. So, he is taken to obedient school, where he fol...
I bought this book at our school's book fair this year and was not disappointed! I will definitely be reading this one in my future classrooms to come because no matter how old, students need a good reminder about good classroom behavior. Pirates Go to School has to be one of the cutest back to s...
She’d brought three, and none of them seemed right. She had to stand on the bed to see all of her in the mirror over the bureau. Finally she chose the one that covered her the most, and pulled a big T-shirt over it. Down at the beach there was a pile of small boats along the side of low dunes. “H...