Showing posts with label lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lessons. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (Goosebumps #13) by R.L. Stine
Piano Lessons Can Be Murder--Goosebumps #13 by R.L. Stine-124 pages
I actually never read Goosebumps as a kid, even though they were extremely popular, so I though I would read one (or maybe more). It was kind of funny and interesting, actually, but not scary (although I could maybe see my 12-year-old self being scared). The plot of this particular book interested me because I have always liked the ghost playing the piano/organ plot. I actually kind of enjoyed reading this book.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera
Ms. Rapscott's runs a school for girls of busy parents. These girls do not know how to live or survive in the world as their parents are too busy to teach them anything. Ms. Rapscott is going to fix that. Unfortunately, one of the girls got lost on her way to the school and they have to find her before they can finish their term.
I thought the idea behind this book was very interesting. The girls were all very distinct personalities even though they were stereotypes. I think my main issue with the book was that the girls personalities changed very quickly and between chapters so it was a little abrupt.
Friday, January 17, 2014
I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylvianne Donnio
I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylvianne Donnio, 32 pages
Whenever I saw this book, I knew I had to read it simply because of an inside joke among my friends that I'm sure no one else could possibly find funny. Anyway, the book stars a young crocodile child who is force fed bananas by his parents, and then one day decides he wants to eat meat. Specifically human child meat. His reasons remain unknown to the reader. His parents argue reason in that as a little crocodile, he couldn't possibly eat a whole child, but our hero remains headstrong and refuses his parents' counter offers of hotdogs and chocolate cake in hopes of eating a child of his own. Until one day, he comes across a little girl playing by the river. Not one wanting to miss out on this golden opportunity, the crocodile approaches the child. However, his parents were right all along and he is too small to eat this child, who ends up flinging he crocodile into the river by his tail. When his parents asked him what he's learned from the ordeal, it's that he must eat bananas to grow up big and then he can eat a child.
This book exists. It is real. And although it may not be the greatest children's book ever created, it actually is. Take that Cat in the Hat. But seriously, it teaches kids many valuable lessons, such as crocodiles can be easily flung and parents may think they know everything, but through determination one can prove them wrong. One thing I cannot seem to figure out though is if this was supposed to be a legitimate children's book or an adult book written as a children's book. Any way you slice it, though, this book is pure entertainment.
Whenever I saw this book, I knew I had to read it simply because of an inside joke among my friends that I'm sure no one else could possibly find funny. Anyway, the book stars a young crocodile child who is force fed bananas by his parents, and then one day decides he wants to eat meat. Specifically human child meat. His reasons remain unknown to the reader. His parents argue reason in that as a little crocodile, he couldn't possibly eat a whole child, but our hero remains headstrong and refuses his parents' counter offers of hotdogs and chocolate cake in hopes of eating a child of his own. Until one day, he comes across a little girl playing by the river. Not one wanting to miss out on this golden opportunity, the crocodile approaches the child. However, his parents were right all along and he is too small to eat this child, who ends up flinging he crocodile into the river by his tail. When his parents asked him what he's learned from the ordeal, it's that he must eat bananas to grow up big and then he can eat a child.
This book exists. It is real. And although it may not be the greatest children's book ever created, it actually is. Take that Cat in the Hat. But seriously, it teaches kids many valuable lessons, such as crocodiles can be easily flung and parents may think they know everything, but through determination one can prove them wrong. One thing I cannot seem to figure out though is if this was supposed to be a legitimate children's book or an adult book written as a children's book. Any way you slice it, though, this book is pure entertainment.
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