I like this book because it is very exciting and I really wanted to know what would happen. I was tempted to read while I was in my math class..Cricket's dream was to go to Washington D.C and finally her friend, Zoe invited her to go to Washington D.C during their spring break. But something bad happened so she missed her trip to Washington D.C with her friend. But she had fun staying at home. My favorite part was when her teacher asked Cricket whether she wanted to enter the contest and so I really wanted to know whether she would win or lose. And only one way to find out is to read it!!

My name is Helen and I'm ten. I think this book is okay. I can understand Jessica sneaking off with Jean-Claude but her two-timing Marc is just too much. It would be more of Jessica if she started a fight with Marc, it's not going to hurt his feelings as much but I guess that's how the author wanted it. Anyway, Elizabeth isn't really what she is in other books. She's more of a half Jessica. Another thing is the book is much to predictable and you don't really need to read the whole book, the first chapter will tell you the whole book

Fifth-grade Cricket Kaufman was supposed to go to Washington, D.C. with her best friend, Zoe Mitchell, during spring break, but she broke her ankle one day when she was walking home from school just two days before spring began, so she had to stay home during spring break. Cricket was bored at home. Worest of all, Zoe invited another girl to go to Washington, D.C. with, Sara Jane. Fortunately, Sara Jane didn't come because she thought she would be homesick in Washington D.C. Instead she visited Cricket. Cricket entered a desin-a-stamp contest. She couldn't find the instructions until she had a dream that had a boy who came to her house. Cricket showed the papers that her little sister, Moinca, scibbled on. The instructions where on the back of the paper! And she found they were on the back of them! When Cricket finally got her cast off, she went to school with one blue shoe and one red one! Cricket started a new trend. I really liked this book.

My book is Class President. It was in a school. The book had lots of main characters like Julio, Lucas, Cricket and Arthur. The main idea is to see who becomes class president, Cricket or Julio.

First the teacher Mr.Flores tells the class that they are going to have elect a class president. Julio thinks he can not become class president, so he wants his best friend Lucas to become class president. But Julio proves to be a really good class president. Lucas does not want to be class president, so Julio takes his place. He wins and becomes class president.

The book Class President was vary interesting. It has a happy ending. It is a good book for 4th and 5th graders.

The story is about the election of a class president for the fifth grade class. The students voted for Julio as the class president instead of Crickit. Lucas dropped his nomination for class president in support of Julio.
The main characters in the story are Julio, Cricket and Lucas. The supporting characters are the teacher, principal and Arthur.
The story is interesting because it has funny characters like the twins Marcos and Marius. Another funny thing is when the class made up the imaginary million dollars and they had to think about what they would do with the million dollars. It was interesting because they raised money for Arthur's glasses. You should read this book because it was interesting.

This book takes place in a school. The main characters are Julio, Arthur, Cricket and Lucas. The name of the book is Class President. Julio runs for class president.
Julio is secretly running for class president and his best friend doesn't know. I liked this book because it was funny.

It was funny because Lucas could not see the numbers on the bus because he broke his glasses. Read and find out if he wins.

Johanna Hurwitz is an excellent author, the chapters are quick and easy reads, perfect for children beginning chapter books or for bedtime read alouds. However, in this book (second to the last chapter) please be aware that the truth about the tooth fairy is revealed. For some children, it may not be a problem, but for others in the intended age group it could be disturbing.

When you were young did you ever want to be like your older brother or sister? Elisa is a four-year-old girl that lives in New York City with her brother Russell and her parents. I liked how Russell taught Elisa how to spell her name. The book shows how Elisa and her brother care about each other.

Our heroine, Karen Sossi, is your typical kid: an okay student of middling popularity. Now that her family has moved to the suburbs, Karen struggles to find new friends and make a new place for herself. Sandwiched between a high-achieving older sister and a precocious younger brother, Karen often feels her own contribution to the family is less than outstanding. However, her passion for cooking and her talent for babysitting demonstrate she has much of value to offer. The Sossi family is warm, loving and refreshingly normal. Though my daughters were several years younger than Karen when we first read this book, they enjoyed her mishaps and could understand the feelings she and many young teens struggle with.

David changed his name to Ali Baba. When he did this he tried to turn ordinary things into big adventures. I thought it was a good book because it was silly. I think Johanna wrote this to teach the lesson that changing your name will not make you have adventures.

When David Bernstein decides to change his name to Ali Baba, weird and unusual things start to happen! He finds a robber's treasure in his apartment's basement, and much more! I say this book is wonderful, but sort of disappointing when Ali Baba finds out about the treasure. I think the point of this book is: Having a good imagination gives you adventures, not your name.

David changed his name to Ali Baba. He thought that an exciting name would give him exciting adventures. So he got into big trouble. I liked this story because Ali Baba has a big imagination. I learned that if you have an exciting name you still won't have an exciting life.

and that is why the reviews are ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC providing the reader an opportunity to get a better flavour of the writings, rather than the usually vague and enticing book jacket mini editorials.

Aphrodizzia is just such a book by master writer Richard Manton. The book is geared to Edwardian rather than Victorian erotic writing and as such has the tendency to take a third party view of the 'action' so to say, relishes both punishment, and invariably bondage, as part of the sex act. The fact that usually the females are unwilling participants seems to add to the spice and flavour of the Edwardian mentality.

The book is a series of letters between 'Jack' in Britain and 'Dolly' in Germany and their very private schools for young ladies of society. Both decide to send girls to each other for education and 'training' while Jack and Dolly correspond of the progress of the pupils. Suffice it to say that the girls are subjected to more than the cane on their bare bottoms.....

After having read and reviewed 'Deep South' and 'Bombay Bound' by Richard Manton, and having rated them as as 5 star books, I can't really say that I liked 'Aphrodizza' very much, BUT, then again this book wasn't written for me.

So, read the reviews of this book and you certainly should get a good idea of its content, style of writing, and if you would rate it as a 5 or 1 star special for your particular likes and dislikes.

Aphrodizzia is up there with The Blue Train, Elaine Cox, Deep South, and The Captive series. In other words, it is vintage Richard Manton.

It is skilfully told through a series of letters exchanged between aristocratic cousins, Jack and Dolly, who each have a bevvy of teenage girls to oversee. The emphasis in Aphrodizzia is on girls from northern Europe: Germany and Scandinavia, and how their special European self-possession and nonchalence is restructured with a good dose of English discipline and hypocrisy. There is little dialogue in Aphrodizzia, but there is much drama. The girls endure a series of awakenings, both sexual and disciplinary, and finish up on a slave island in the tropics.

OK, this is obsessional writing, but of what quality! It is smooth, poetic and repetitious. It produces a semi-hypnotic state that takes you deep into a dark fantasy world. But be warned! If female buttocks and bamboo canes are not at the centre of your universe, don't read any Manton. You won't get it. In Aphrodizzia Manton explores the complex and ambiguous relationship innocent girls have with their behinds. His writing circles around the moment when girls first realise their bottoms - the place where they are punished and where a certain rudeness takes place - is also a place of much sexual facination for men.

This book, like all of Manton's writing, is a powerful antidote to contemporary feminism. Don't we all know teenage girls similar to the characters in this book? Would the world not be better off if these girls were properly instructed in pleasing men, instead of wasting their time in academic classrooms? This work is one of Manton's best.

My son learned to read using Johanna Hurwitz's marvelous Russell/Riverside Kids series, and so we were very excited to begin Pee Wee's Tale. We were not disappointed! The animal story is a nice diversion from Hurwitz's more realistic fiction, but still has all of her markings as an author: humor, empathy and strong characterization. Yes, my son was concerned about the guinea pig's plight, and yes, the release of the guinea pig into the park raised an eyebrow...but it also incited some wonderful discussion about caring for pets and how animals adapt in the wild. Besides being an exciting and provocative chapter book for emergent readers, I think this would make a great classroom read-aloud, and I am giving it as a gift to my son's teacher! Also, don't miss Lexi's Tale, the sequel from a squirrely point of view!

"Share this with me. You'll like it. It's very sweet." are the last three sentences of this lovely chapter book for young readers, and I hope that many children and their parents will do just that.

It's a story of friendship between a naive housepet and a street-wise Central Park(New York City) rodent, exceptionally well written, with fun forays into poetry and sayings. Who could resist a squirrel with the philosophy, "a nut in the jaw is worth two in the paw?"

Add this to the CHARLOTTE'S WEB type of books children of all ages take into their hearts and share it with a child you love soon.

When an author sits down to write a book, she/he uses many elements: fact, memory and imagination. My book about PeeWee began with fact. I read an article in the New York Times telling of 45 guinea pigs set loose in Central Park because their owner faced eviction by his landlord. A few days later, a second story told that most were captured, sent to an animal shelter, and put up for adoption. Starting with that fact, I began to imagine what would happen to a single guinea pig that was not found. Memory came to play because I recalled the parents of two of my own children's friends. Both released pet kittens onto the city streets when their children were not home because they felt stressed and unable to continue the responsibility of pet ownership. As the owner of two pet cats myself, I was shocked when I heard what these parents had done. And finally, when I sat down to write about that little guinea pig, my imagination took over. Suddenly, the little guinea pig was looking at the newspaper scraps in his cage and discovering the mystery of the printer letter. His wise mother, who grew up in a first grade classroom, teaches him how to read. His reading skills together with his friendship with a street smart squirrel named Lexi helpt she hero of the fantasy survive.

Here is another news story that I have not written about: a few years ago, a crate of tropical parrots broken open at Kennedy Airport. The small green birds flew free and everyone predicted that they would soon die in the cold and hostile climate of the New York area. But as recently as a week ago, a cousin of mine who lives in Connecticut saw two dozen of these parrots in a local park. Somehow, they have adapted and continued to live and reproduce despite cold weather, snow, different vegetation and new enemies. Like human immigrants before them, they are learning to live and thrive here. It's my favorite kind of story - one with a happy ending.

Dede thought her life was the worst. Her parents were divorced, she has to wear headgear at night, she messes up her part in the school play, etc., etc. So she decides to take charge! She tries to get her shop teacher to notice her mother and she signs her mother up for a vegetable club to meet new people. But things don't turn out as she planned!