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It was our time together. She loved it, too. I discovered it about 30 years ago.
His own daughter is now about that same age and has our family trait of a real love for books. She has a little brother, so understands the trials and perils. At Christmas time, when thinking of what books I could give her, this one came to mind.
This book is GREAT. Then, my youngest read it again for himself. Thank you, Judy Blume for a modern childhood classic.
My two boys loved for me to read to them long after they could read themselves. We read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing at bedtime piled up together in my big king bed, and we laughed and laughed at the misadventures of the two boys in the book.
Tales of a 4th Grade. He didn't want to put it down.
He laughed and laughed at the crazy events in Peter's life, and is begging me to get the next book in the series (already ordered on Amazon). He was begging me to read more than just one chapter a day.
I remember as a child someone putting this book in my hand and telling me to read. It made such a lasting effect on me, that 25 years later I still remember the funniest parts of the story.For Christmas this year I bought my 6 year old the book, and we began reading it.
If you are trying to introduce your child to advanced chapter books this is a great place to start. I never had read a chapter book before and I thought it would be hard and boring to complete, but I was completly wrong.
was one of the funniest books I have ever read.
I'm going to make this quick, since there's so many other reviews for this book here.We listened to the audio CD version. If we were listening to this at home, it might not be a problem, but we listened to it in the car. She should really stick to writing, and let an actor who knows what he/she is doing read it next time. Which is lovely for a short story, but pretty boring for an entire book.
All the while, Peter is the one who either gets blamed or ignored. Therefore we had the volume up a little higher so we could hear it above the noise of the car. It might not be a nusiance for a few minutes, but it's downright annoying when you have to do it for over an hour.Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a book about a fourth grader (Peter) and his horribly spoiled 3 year old brother (Fudge). The story itself is not great as there is really no plot line, rather it's more like a collection of short stories. Any time the 3 year old causes trouble or gets into predicaments of his own doing, his vapid, sensless mother dotes on him, almost to the point of rewarding him for whatever mischief he gets into. The author narrates this book on CD, and I found her voice to be incredibly irritating.
But when she yells, we had to turn it down, & when she whispers we had to turn it up. My sons (7 & 4) claimed that they liked it, although now we're listening to James and the Giant Peach, & they both say that they like it much better than Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. It reminded of my grandmother reading to me. Also, there are points where she almost whispers for no reason, and then yells.
All of her books are age appropriate and well recieved. Judy Blume books have a permanent home in this home's library. She has a way with the written word.
He absolutely loves to read about the latest antics of 2-yr-old Fudge. My 9-yr-old son was a reluctant reader until he discovered the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. I also enjoyed listening to the story when my son read the book to me. My son can relate to the older brother, Peter in some respects because he has a younger brother himself. Since then, those were the only books he eagerly read. Well, that changed with this Fudge book.
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