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A review by nikkigee81
Allergic to Babies, Burglars, and Other Bumps in the Night by Lenore Look
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.