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naymo's review against another edition
1.0
This book was awful. Perhaps it's because my children are a bit old for this, but I couldn't stand it. Every single time there is dialogue it is stated, "said Fox." "said Dexter." "said Mom." "said Louise." I said the word SAID more than I ever thought I could in the few minutes it took to read this!!
Fox has an awful attitude, telling his mom "You're joking." when told to watch his kid sister. He goes around looking for friends to play with, and is even rude to their parents! One parent says the friend is busy and Fox's response is "That's no fun." Seriously? Then instead of turning this story around and having him realize that even though all of his friends can't play, he can play with his sister, it takes a negative turn. Fox loses his sister and then bribes her to not tell on him. What a mess.
And the same continues with the other two short stories in this book. The first starts the exact same way, so much so that I double checked to make sure I wasn't re-reading the first story! This time he again doesn't watch his sister close enough. And in the third book he steps away from a responsibility and goes to the beach and walks around naked. Great lesson.
Oy vey. Horrible writing. Horrible story telling. Skip it.
Fox has an awful attitude, telling his mom "You're joking." when told to watch his kid sister. He goes around looking for friends to play with, and is even rude to their parents! One parent says the friend is busy and Fox's response is "That's no fun." Seriously? Then instead of turning this story around and having him realize that even though all of his friends can't play, he can play with his sister, it takes a negative turn. Fox loses his sister and then bribes her to not tell on him. What a mess.
And the same continues with the other two short stories in this book. The first starts the exact same way, so much so that I double checked to make sure I wasn't re-reading the first story! This time he again doesn't watch his sister close enough. And in the third book he steps away from a responsibility and goes to the beach and walks around naked. Great lesson.
Oy vey. Horrible writing. Horrible story telling. Skip it.
ambarleti's review against another edition
5.0
Fox is a mischievous little kid, he gets in a lot of trouble for not following instructions, and doesn't make all the right choices. His sister wants to be just like him. The book is really fun for beginning readers, it has big font and many illustrations, the text is simple and straightforward. I really enjoyed reading it with my 7-year-old daughter.
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