Review:This is a funny look at self conciousness. Sometimes we adults fuss over much and make a small problem bigger. We also think there should be a pill for everything. If you like David Shannon's other books, you will like this as well. Read more

Review:This is a good book for young readers. A delightful introduction to how life in an African society is not unlike our own human experience. The same schoolroom jeolosies and battles that children everywhere must survive are shown in a different geographic setting. Read more

Review:This book is told in a sympathetic and humorous way; Bradley, the boy no one likes, who never completes his work and drives his teacher crazy, is actually a lovable kid. Readers will enjoy his outlandish lies, laugh at the situations he gets into, and still be unable to keep from liking him. At the beginning of the book, everyone seems to have given up on him, though his mother says, "Deep down, he really is a good boy." The new school counselor, with her quirky clothes and apparent belief in ev... Read more

Review:A literacy volunteer brought this book to my attention. It is a great way to introduce poetry, a writing journal, and learning new words in a manner that readers and beginners of any age can appreciate. I can see how Jack's story would lend itself to discussion. The idea that sentences and poetry can take many forms...varied .spaces between words or thoughts, different size fonts, written in circles or other recognizable shapes, and that not all poems involve rhyming couplets is liberating. It a... Read more

Review:I hate to be a dissenting opinion, but reading some of this book to my 7-year-old was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made.

I thought if my son heard about how a kid's worries worked out well in a story, he wouldn't be anxious about starting 2nd grade. I believe this book contributed to his anxiety, and he ended up very anxious during the first month of the school year. In each chapter, Billy has a new worry. As soon as it is somewhat resolved (although not really fully resolved) by th... Read more

Review:I chose this rating because sunny side up has events that I can relate to like my parents used to smoke but they don't anymore. ???????????????????? Read more

Review:"This picture has a dollop of peanut butter on one edge, a smear of grape jelly on the other, and an X across the whole thing. I cut it out of a magazine for homework when I was six years old. 'Look for words that begin with W,' my teacher, Mrs. Evans, had said.
"She was the one who marked in the X, spoiling my picture. She pointed. ' This is a picture of a family, Hollis. A mother, M, a father, F, a brother, B, a sister, S. They're standing in front of their house, H. I don't see one W word ... Read more

Review:Consider making it a little but more obvious when he is imagining something.
The plot though was almost the same,I couldn't tell the difference.
I would recommend this book to allot of children and some adults. Read more

Review:A good introduction to getting in touch with one's feelings and coping techniques. These are messages we think children get at home or in school, but sometimes these messages don't get through. Because it is branded by American Girl it has instant credibility. Very easy read. Read more

Review:We bought this as training material for a nurse in a developing country who could read English as well as her native language. It came highly recommended to me. It looks very comprehensive,but I admit I thumbed through it, then immediately gave it away in the training pack we made. Read more