Reviews

Concurso de Pastelillos by Patricia Reilly Giff

katep27's review against another edition

3.0

3/5stars

read this with my phonics group to help them get comfortable with reading aloud/reading fluency. It was fine - it was a little dated in some of it's writing, and it was very simple. The kids thought it was fine.

family_book_nook's review against another edition

3.0

Not the worst chapter book, but not one I will personally be handing to my boys. Lots of gossip and some bullying of a child who wets the bed and doesn't bathe/shower regularly. Overall, if it was a really great story, I could overlook some of that, but it was just ok.

alyshadeshae's review against another edition

3.0

I'm disappointed in this story. I was hoping it would be cute and, since I love candy corn, the title caught my eye. Richard is rude, gossips about Matthew who continues to be nice to him, and steals three candy corns from the jar on his teachers desk. Yes, he ends up apologizing to Matthew and convinces him (with a few "hints") to come to his sleepover, he confesses and apologizes to his teacher, but only after Matthew brings him three replacement candy corns.

I don't know. I wouldn't use this story as an example of making mistakes and then trying to fix them, but I think that was supposed to be the moral.

andreacaro's review against another edition

4.0

i have a fairly distinct memory of winning a candy corn contest when i was in elementary school. i loved this book, though - who knows if my brain is just making it up or not.

kslhersam's review against another edition

2.0

Jane (4 1/2) picked this for our new chapter book. I think the candy corn on the front appealed to her. The book was pretty mediocre though.

sethsam's review against another edition

1.0

I read this book as a kid. It was one of the only books I had, given to me as a gift by one of my older siblings.

I remember it being full of immature kids treating each other like shit. Not really a great book for little boys to read.