Sunday, February 9, 2014

Bowling Alley Bandit (The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut #1) by Laurie Keller –NO


Keller, Laurie Bowling Alley Bandit (The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut #1) 128 pgs. Henry Holt and Co, 2013. $13.99  Content: Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G Violence: G.
Arnie is a pet donut. His owner is an elderly man named Mr. Bing. Mr.Bing loves to bowl and when his team is in a tournament, Arnie of course goes with for the event. Arnie knows all the bowling balls and even contributes some of his sprinkles for luck. When Mr. Bing’s rolls out some gutter balls, Arnie knows something is wrong and is determined to figure it out.
I love this author and was thrilled to see a book by her up for review. I think the cover is darling and much of the artwork and text variation inside is fun and entertaining. But I didn’t like the book at all. I can’t think of a single student who is very interested in bowling, especially with a group of elderly bowlers. I sort of felt like a reader would need to understand both bowling terminology and scoring to get what was happening in the story and to appreciate the humor and jokes.
EL (K-3) –NO Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.

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