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wiseowl33's review
4.0
Alvin Ho is amazing! He is so funny! This fifth book is hilarious as he really thinks he might have a baby too! I will highly recommend this to my kids at school.
dawnoftheread's review
4.0
I love this series, for a good silly read with endearing characters and sneaky learning. This wasn't my favorite,but it was very pleasant with many laugh out loud moments.
ikuo1000's review
4.0
It's been about 5 years since my daughter and I last read Alvin Ho. Now that my son just finished 2nd grade - and has suddenly become more open-minded in regards to reading material! - I had a feeling he might enjoy reading about a Chinese boy in 2nd grade. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that since we last left Alvin, two more books have been published in the series! Hooray!
I picked up this book, and it was like those 5 years hadn't passed at all. Alvin is still in 2nd grade, and he's still scared of pretty much everything. Through humor and empathy, we see how sensitive, lovable Alvin comes to terms with his mother's pregnancy.
Alvin is such a sweet boy, my heart just about melted when he and his siblings built the birthing nest for their mom.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because I felt it left one loose thread hanging. A little closure on that bit about the burglar would have been nice.
I picked up this book, and it was like those 5 years hadn't passed at all. Alvin is still in 2nd grade, and he's still scared of pretty much everything. Through humor and empathy, we see how sensitive, lovable Alvin comes to terms with his mother's pregnancy.
Alvin is such a sweet boy, my heart just about melted when he and his siblings built the birthing nest for their mom.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because I felt it left one loose thread hanging. A little closure on that bit about the burglar would have been nice.
cluelesspoe's review
3.0
Another good addition to a really good series of books for kids. Alvin becomes a big brother again, a burglar is on the loose and hilarity ensues. [a:Lenore Look|267992|Lenore Look|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1342271732p2/267992.jpg] presents a child's eye view of the world that adults and children will equally enjoy.
sandphin's review
I really hated this. There is little-kid sexism about how girls are annoying/to be avoided, and "boys are guilty". Alvin doesn't like that his mom is pregnant with a girl child. Alvin has a sympathetic pregnancy; he seems to think that he's really pregnant, and no one seems to feel the need to correct him. I started reading these books because I have selective mutism and I found the portrayal to be very accurate, and I liked most of the earlier books. But the sexism in this one, and the strange plot, led me to put the book down and not finish it.
nikkigee81's review
4.0
Alvin’s mom is having a baby. As if he doesn’t have enough to worry about already, like losing his Personal Disaster Kit and the burglars breaking into homes in the neighborhood. Alvin is suddenly wanting to eat everything in sight and his belly is growing almost overnight. Could he be pregnant, too?
Alvin is this generation’s Charlie Brown – a bit neurotic, yes, but still quite endearing. I laughed out loud more than a few times while reading this, especially when he mixes words up, as young children often do (simply pathetic for sympathetic). His schoolmates trying to “help” with his pregnancy by reading him facts from library books and their own sibling experiences were also funny. The illustrations of Alvin (and his ever-expanding belly) in this volume are “super-duper,” to use his own turn of phrase. I like that, while Alvin does have certain things he does or says that show him to be Asian-American, they are not the focal point and he’s just like any other child . . . who happens to be very anxious. I would recommend this for upper elementary readers.
Alvin is this generation’s Charlie Brown – a bit neurotic, yes, but still quite endearing. I laughed out loud more than a few times while reading this, especially when he mixes words up, as young children often do (simply pathetic for sympathetic). His schoolmates trying to “help” with his pregnancy by reading him facts from library books and their own sibling experiences were also funny. The illustrations of Alvin (and his ever-expanding belly) in this volume are “super-duper,” to use his own turn of phrase. I like that, while Alvin does have certain things he does or says that show him to be Asian-American, they are not the focal point and he’s just like any other child . . . who happens to be very anxious. I would recommend this for upper elementary readers.
reader44ever's review
3.0
As with [b:Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances|10292643|Alvin Ho Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances (Alvin Ho, #4)|Lenore Look|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320405839s/10292643.jpg|15194494], this book left me feeling disappointed. I liked how [a:Lenore Look|267992|Lenore Look|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1342271732p2/267992.jpg] dealt with Alvin's mother's pregnancy and his sympathetic (aka "simply pathetic") pregnancy. What I did not like was the fact that not only did the robber steal the donations the kids had raised for the victims of the Haitian earthquake, but he was never caught and the donations weren't restored! Title alliteration and dramatic effects aside, I was really dissatisfied that he was seemingly forgotten about by the end of the book. This leaves me feeling especially disappointed as Look has never before carried over a theme from one book to another, so I expect this loose thread will be forever loose.
mldavisreads's review
4.0
This is the first book in the series that I read in print rather than listening to the audio version. I didn't realize how much I was missing- the illustrations made it even funnier! This one brings us back to Alvin's family and school adventures, with the focus being on Mrs. Ho's pregnancy. Alvin suffers from a "sympathetic pregnancy," which strikes fear into him and the rest of the 2nd grade class as well. Cute story, another fun Alvin Ho adventure.
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