Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing reviewed by James

Bone:

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing By Judy Blume

Reviewed by James

128 Pages

Puffin

1972

A nine year old, Peter Hatcher lives in New York City in a apartment with a mother, father, a brother, and a pet turtle.  Peter’s brother is very young and causes a lot of trouble.     Peter wants to be a normal family but he can’t with his crazy brother.  Peter is the kind of person who is very polite for example, he got a picture dictionary for three year olds and already had the book.  Peter still thanked Mr. and Mrs.Yarby that shows Peter is very commendable.

Peter won Dribble his pet turtle at his friends birthday party because he guessed how many jelly beans were in a jar.  Fudge is obsessed with Dribble but Peter doesn’t let him touch him.  Fudge never gets in trouble for what he does and a lot of the time he gets lucky, for example, he is on a Toddle-Bike commercial

A Lesson in this story is that always listen because if you don’t always listen things could go wrong.  For example, Fudge always gets into trouble because he doesn’t listen.

Along with humor and a realistic story this book will amuse in elementary school.  This is definitely Judy Blume’s best book

Crow Call reviewed by Meghan

Crow Call by Lois Lowry
Reviewed by Meghan

Lois is a great, nice, charming girl but we all know how hard it is for her because in this book Lois, the main character, she feels like she's missing a piece of herself!

Throughout this book you'll feel all emotions like a topsy turvy bike. Lois is sad and awkward around her family because of her dad. But when her dad comes back, she finally gets to bond. What shows this is when her dad puts her in charge of the crow call - it's an important thing to do!

This is Lois Lowry at her best. And kids and families will love it from everywhere and that's why this is Newberry Medal Winner!

I think this book tells you that it's always "ok" and I love the parts that tell you that. I recommend it for ages 6 and up.