Katz, Alan and Illustrated by Curtis,
Stacy Ricky Vargas: Born to be Funny (Book #2) 80 pgs. Scholastic Paperbacks, 2013. $4.49. Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G ; Violence: G.
Three mini early
reader stories about a boy named Ricky Vargas. Usually he is a funny kid, but
one morning he wakes up and isn't funny. His classmates try to make him laugh
all day. In another story he enters the talent show, everyone knows he is going
to win, but its a good thing the other
entrants stayed in the contest, because Ricky is off him game.
I didn't care
for this book. It wasn't funny and didn't flow well for me. I also disliked the
artwork, I sort of think Ricky looks like a chipmunk. I wouldn't add this to my
collection, since it looks outdated and isn't a plot I could sell to the
students.
EL –NOT
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2 comments:
The "doesn't flow well" was exactly how I felt. I need funny books for biys, but this just didn't work somehow.
Ms.Yingling...
Try Adventures of Wedgieman! I had the kids howling with laughter today! We are writing book review Sandwich's and I used it as my example book.
The second book is funny too!It just came out.
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