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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
It has taken a lot of random google searches that makes me seem like a complete weirdo but I have finally found the book that I read all those years ago. Thank god. Also, it was great. I loved it when I read it in fifth grade.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read this a long time ago as a kid, but picked it up again as a first chapter book for my sons (age 4). It has held up pretty well except for the parts about Indians, which are awkward but provoked some good conversations. The boys loved the donut story, and the way the sheriff mangles his words. We’re reading Centerburg Tales next.
I read this to my six year old grandson this week. He really liked it, especially the donuts and the mouse trap!
This was my second time to read Homer Price with one of my children. My 9 year old son enjoyed Homer's ingenuity and precociousness. He asked if there were more books when we finished.
Read aloud. Always put it us in the mood for donuts. ;)
While the chapters were a bit long for a wiggly four year old, I read this aloud to mine. It was cute. Homer is a smart, polite kid living in a polite little Pleasantvill-ian town. I don't think the little one really understood much, but he liked to look at the pictures and would surprise me by asking where this or that was, clueing me in that he was at least listening.
I adore Robert McCloskey's artwork, and his drawings in this book are wonderful with so much detail and character.
I adore Robert McCloskey's artwork, and his drawings in this book are wonderful with so much detail and character.
I loved this book when I was a child and I recently read it to the boys. They thought it was hilarious, especially the doughnut machine chapter. The last chapter is a little ponderous and a few of the references are dated and/or prejudiced by today's standards, but the illustrations are McCloskey classics and the stories provide a humorous slant on small-town life in the 1940s.