Review:My daughter loves this book. It got her prepared for her first day of preschool and gave us things to talk about with pictures to help her better understand. Even after starting school we still read this book every night. Read more

Review:I have bought this as a preschool graduation present for all of my grandchildren
they need something from grama and they love the book to read over the summer getting ready for the new school and all day away from mom
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Review:The key to life long learning is reading. Parents and teachers must stress the importance of reading and provide engaging and fun books to read. Judy Blum's books are entertaining and captures the reader's attention. One cannot go wrong with this set! Read more

Review:The first three quarter of the book is wonderful -- sad, but inspiring. I find myself rooting for Ally and her friends. The last quarter, though, seems too easy and predictable, as if Hunt had exhausted all of her effort and lost steam. Nonetheless, this is a beautiful book. I recommended it to many of my students. Read more

Review:Closer to 4.5 stars.

My nearly ten year-old smarty pants son read this; early in the book, he set it down and turned to me, saying "you know how sometimes when you read a book and someone dies you really feel sad and need to take a break 'cause it's hard to keep going?" I replied "don't forget -- I'm the person who cried during the opening scene of [the movie] 'Hachi' and never stopped!" He laughed and said "oh yeah."

His younger brother (our youngest son) is profoundly development... Read more

Review:This book had several of my students going out to buy the book so they could read ahead. Some of my students who never read chapter books were asking their parents to take them to get the entire trilogy! Great series!!! Read more

Review:Crenshaw could have been so much more. It should have been so much more. The premise of the book held such potential: an imaginary cat as a friend to support a young boy through his family's economic struggles. Crenshaw, the imaginary cat, certainly did not deserve to have a book named after him. His character was not developed and rarely made an appearance. The cover and title of the book set the reader up for a lot of disappointment. There was so much room for more warmth and humor provided b... Read more

Review:I bought this book for my nine year old grandson, and I started reading it because I had just finished the book I was reading, was on an airplane and had nothing else to read handy. I liked the book, but felt that parts of it were not suitable for my grandson, so just brought it home with me after my visit. Read more

Review:Blubber is a book about a girl who is always being called blubber because of her weight. And a girl who tells the story in her point of veiw. The girl makes fun off her too. During the story she relizes what she is doing. The message of the book is what goes around comes around.
Very good book. I liked it because of the way the girls act in the school. They cus sometimes just like kids do today. That's why it's so belevilbe. Judy blume makes this story come to life with characters from school... Read more

Review:Judy Blume's Fudge-a-Mania is an amazing book.It is about Peter, his brother Fudge and his parents who decide to rent a summer home next door to his worst enemy,Sheila Tubman. And to make it even worse,Fudge plans to marry Sheila Tubman! To find out what happens you have to read this book. Fudge-a-Mania! Blume created one funny event after another in this story. I laughed every time I picked it up. I love that she is so creative with her story. ~Daisy Duck Read more