I read this when I was a kid and to this day I still enjoy these books. There are parts in these books that make me laugh. It's neat the way Dawn and Jason (who is a RIOT of a character--you'll love him) work together. Dawn put on her disguise and sets out to look for her friend Emily's lost ring. She wears her cowboy boots--yes, very good disguise! Very inconspicuous, right? NOT! O-well, she's just a kid. I remember doing dumb things like one time me and my sister and one of her friends decided we were going to go let some neighborhood boys have it since they always threw rocks at us. Well we loaded up our wagon and they got in and I pulled it over there and we attacked the boys with buckets of mud we'd put together! They started to chase us and I tried to run with the wagon and they tipped it over and what a disaster! We were so prepared for battle!

This book is about a girl named Dawn and a boy named Jason who try to find a blue ring with a crack in the stone. I think this book is very good because I like stones. I like the characters in the book because they are always trying to solve a mystery.

I liked this book because there were some funny parts in it. One day A kid named Emily lost her birthday Ring. The whole class thinks her friend Dawn took it because she took her unicorn last time. To prove she didn't do it she was going to find the ring.

My second grade class just finished reading Beast and the Halloween Horror. They loved it from beginning to end. From the first page,where they were introduced to Beast and his friend Matthew by way of a spitball, they were hooked. As Beast got himself into more and more trouble - first by not paying attention in class and then by telling a lie to cover for it - their interest grew. By the time Halloween rolled around with its costume parade and "special guest", they had decided it was the "best book ever". In fact, they decided to follow the example of the Polk Street School kids and write to the author themselves!

When I read this book I laughed so hard! It is a riot! It isphenomenol! Beast and Matthew are a pair of cards! Beast is not agood student, actually I should say he would be a good one if he studied more and paid attention but I guess he's lazy and so he gets caught in a tangled web of a lie he told. I think that Beast gets embarrassed too easily. But then again, I guess when I was that age, I did, tool. Now I probably would have laughed it off!

I read this when the series first came out. I think it's for younger kids than the original Polk St. series was intended for, and the author is wonderful (I have written to her when I was little and have several hand-written letters from her!) she's a sweet, talented and creative "lady next door"!
I think I like the original Polk St. books better, perhaps because I was always a little older than the intended age group (I was 9 and 1/2 when I first started reading the original books; I read them even if they were for younger kids beacuse they were interesting, enjoyable, and I wanted to become a teacher/author too.)
These books about Stacie made me giggle, they were so cute. I couldn't stand her classmate Twana; she was obnoxious. I felt like slapping that big mouthed brat silly for being mean to Stacie! Shame on you, Twana!

I thought this book was pretty good. I liked how Stacey's kindergarten class was having a store. I thought that it was a good idea. It was cute when Stacey snooped in Mrs. Zachary's desk and found the fake money to spend at the store. Mrs. Zachary is Stacey's teacher. I liked when kids brought in stuff for the store such as teddy bears,banks, books, and other things. I reccomend this book.

I thought this book was the best! It told me things about Philadelphia I didn't know before. One day Richard "Beast" and Best where going to school. When they came in they found out that they were going to Philadelphia on a field trip! They go off looking forward to seeing many different things in the city. If this sounds good, you have to read Let's Go, Philidelphia! If you thought you would like to visit Philadelphia, at the end of the book there is a kids' guide.

I thougth this book was the best. It told me things about Philadelphia I didn't know before. One day Richard, "Beast", and Best where going to school. When they came in they found out that they were going to Philidelphia on a field trip! They go off looking forward to seeing many differnt things in the city. If this sounds good you have to read Let's Go, Philidelphia. If you thougth you would like to do this, at the end of the book there is a kids guide of Philadelphia.

Besides being well written, this is one book in this series by Patricia that has been greatly improved with the "new" covers. Why not make a good book better!? (I vote for that.) Another series, by Patricia, that has been improved, is her "Polk Street School" Series. The new covers are beautiful, and children can identify with the books, and lessons from them. So far, the "new and improver" covers are: 1. December Secrets 2. The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room 3. Fish Face 4. The Candy Corn Contest 5. Dinosaur's Paw, The Valentine Star, & Snaggle Doodles Are Coming Soon. (They're worth waiting for!) Enjoy!

This is an excellent book! I read it when I was 18. I have been a Casey Valentine & friends fan since I was 10 and had devoured all the other books and was thirsty for more, and had been writing to the author on and off when I was a kid and she mentioned this book in her letter to me and so years later I finally found it in the library. I loved it! It is so good! It's about a chubby girl named Poopsie who wants to change her image, and her friend Tracy (some friend!) always puts her down and calls her a "Lily Liver". She wants ballet lessons and she gets her wish when her mom takes a job waitressing but the catch is that Poopsie will be home alone in the evenings while her mom works and she put Poopsie in charge on her baby brother Teddy. Thing is, Poopsie is scared since Tracy told her that a kidnapper is in the neighborhood. Poopsie gets tired of Tracy always teasing her so when her ballet class does a musical, Poopsie lies to her about her role in it, and then Tracy becomes impressed and decides she's going to come watch her perform...Poopsie's got herself in a jam! It's a funny book that will make you laugh out loud!

I read ALL of the series about 15 years ago and they all were, by far, my favorite books. I would read them over and over again. I no longer have the books, but plan to buy them for my kids one day! Brings back a lot of good memories!

This story is abaout a class picture that is taken in the park. A girl named Emily Arrow gets lost in a forest close to the park. Her class is having a picnic without her. She is scared that they might take the class picture without her, but her friends tell the teacher that she is missing and the teacher says go find her. After a while, they see her toy that she calls Uni. The piture was taken and Emily Arrow got A new Best Friend.They wen't back to class and shared what they did.They all lived happily ever after.
I think this is a good book. If you like to read books about getting new friends, then you'll like this book.

I liked this book. Both Matthew Jackson and J.P. had problems. Matthew had trouble with reading and J.P. is a basic tomboy with green eyes, freckles, inch-long hair, and strange habits.

Not only did they have to face their own problems but those they encountered at River Road School. Matthew had friends back in New York and help with reading, something he missed in Ohio. J.P, just had to get through school without getting into a fight "just for looking different" and "acting strange".

Miss Bass asked the class to read books during the summer, which frightened Matthew. He couldn't read well and needed help with big words. J.P. just needed a friend to understand her awkward looks and strange ways. I liked that they complimented each other.

This was a good book. Very funny! I could identify with Matthew feeling embarrassed by JP's odd behavior because I had a friend who did that, too. It was very embarrassing. However this book helps you to learn to be a good samaritan. JP was a good samaritan by befriending Matthew, who didn't know anyone since he was a new student; and noone liked JP and she was picked on a lot but Matthew was a good samaritan to her! Great book!

This book, like the others in the series, is an absolute joy! All of these books have morals, without being overly preachy. Like the other reviewer said, I agree that the funny part was Stacy breaking the pencil sharpener. When I was Stacey's age I, too, "broke" a pencil sharpener but it was my mom's office pencil sharpener. I couldn't fit it back together so my mom was upset about the mess just like Ms. Zachary is in this book (however I was able to get it back together later on luckily). So when I read about Stacey's pencil sharpener dielema, I chuckled because I could relate!

You;ll like the part about when Stacey broke the pencil sharpener.

This is a fun book to read. I think that Emily's friend Dawn Bosco is an obnoxious, materialistic child-snob. When she grows up she will probably be a yuppie who's goal in life is to impress the Joneses. DAWN IS NOT A GOOD FRIEND TO EMILY. She makes Emily feel shabby. She acts like she is better in every way. If I knew Dawn I know I could not stand her. Dawn is not a friend. Emily should have told her to get a life!

I read this book in 4th grade (a long time ago) and adored it! (I read Fourth Grade Celebrity before it, and was happy to find that this was a series!) Recently I dug this book up and reread it and still feel the same! Tracy dreads a boring summer in her little one-horse town. Lonely and insecure, she tries to win friends by acting like a pro at everything... pretty soon she is in a big jam... A great story, and a must read. Way to go, Patricia! Keep writing about Casey and Tracy!