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snazel's review against another edition
5.0
Exploring the concept of what it really means to be Tough, and if you should want to, in a funny and touching way. Well done.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
What a fun new transitional chapter book!
The Ratso Brothers are tough and set out to prove that to everyone. But everything they do ends up accidentally helping someone. This is not helping their tough reputation!
The Ratso Brothers are tough and set out to prove that to everyone. But everything they do ends up accidentally helping someone. This is not helping their tough reputation!
limabean74's review against another edition
4.0
My son was so bored! Soooo I read him this book and he loved it. I thought it was super cute also. Everything the Ratso brothers try to do that is tough turns into helping someone else. This was a great book to read to your kids. I really enjoyed it...My son did too :)
abigailbat's review against another edition
4.0
I'm glad I saw this on Betsy Bird's list of 2016 chapter books because I never would have picked it up on my own and I'd have missed an unexpectedly touching story.
The Ratso brothers have to be tough like their dad. And being tough means you have to act tough and do things so that others will see how tough you are. Things like taking a kid's hat on the playground. But somehow their tough acts always get turned around into nice things for other people, like when they take that kid's hat they realize that that kid had swiped the hat from a smaller kid and now the Ratsos are heroes who stood up to a bully! What will the Ratsos do when their dad finds out all the "soft" nice things they've been doing around the neighborhood?
This early chapter book hit the right notes for me. It's funny how every "tough" thing they try somehow gets turned around into something kind for someone. And the book really ends on a touching note when their dad finds out what they've been doing.
This book has a lot to add on classroom discussions about citizenship and about bullying or being kind. It might be a great tool to use one on one with kids who are acting out because of situations at home.
The Ratso brothers have to be tough like their dad. And being tough means you have to act tough and do things so that others will see how tough you are. Things like taking a kid's hat on the playground. But somehow their tough acts always get turned around into nice things for other people, like when they take that kid's hat they realize that that kid had swiped the hat from a smaller kid and now the Ratsos are heroes who stood up to a bully! What will the Ratsos do when their dad finds out all the "soft" nice things they've been doing around the neighborhood?
This early chapter book hit the right notes for me. It's funny how every "tough" thing they try somehow gets turned around into something kind for someone. And the book really ends on a touching note when their dad finds out what they've been doing.
This book has a lot to add on classroom discussions about citizenship and about bullying or being kind. It might be a great tool to use one on one with kids who are acting out because of situations at home.
tcbueti's review against another edition
5.0
Adorable. Two brothers try to be tough like their dad, not soft (“two kinds of people”) and definitely not missing their mom, but they keep accidentally being nice. When dad finds out, and they say they were trying to be tough, he admits that being tough all the time is hard and they all cry. Heartwarming and thoughtful and silly.
jbrooxd's review against another edition
4.0
Cute story. Perfect short chapter book for kids who are ready to try something longer than a picture book.
mrsjhasbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This book cracked me up. The Ratso brothers spend the book trying to be tough like their dad, but their tough plans don’t always go down the way they want!