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Summary: Read this two times in a row!
Review: A wonderful book with a well-realized and very funny family. Feiffer absolutely captures many confusing emotions and situations that can arise when you're a kid and that you remember when you're a grown-up. And seriously, I turned to the last page, cried, and then returned right to the beginning again.
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Summary: A powerful message for everyone.
Review: Ever felt like a failure? Like you can't do anything? This is how Jimmy Jibbit feels about himself. In his opinion, the only thing he'll ever be able to do is draw comics. Not only will most people be able to empathise with Jimmy, they'll also learn the most important lesson: it sometimes takes a million mistakes until you create a master piece, and you just have to stick with it.
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Summary: Believe in Yourself!
Review: I am a school teacher in Portland, OR. I read this book to a class of third graders last year and they loved it. I am now reading it with 7th and 8th grade ESL students. They are able to appreciate the character's love of drawing and his feelings of failure.The language is natural and easy to understand. This book inspires struggling students to persevere and reach their goals, even drawing a hand.
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Summary: This is one of my favorite books!
Review: I don't know what I can say about a book so good! I only have a few favorite books, and this is one of them. Jules Feiffer is what I've always wanted to be: a great author and cartoonist. I strongly reccommend this book!
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Summary: Wonderful! Best book ever!
Review: I originally read "The Man in the Ceiling" in the fourth grade and I really didn't understand it, but then in the sixth grade I read it again, and now, as the title of the review mentions, it's my favorite book ever. I am now sixteen years old and I'm still reading it over and over again. The story deals with a young boy who struggles with inadequacy and failure. His main aspiration is to become a cartoonist, but he recieves little support from anyone. His father, a bitter overworked man, wishes Jimmy (the boy) would play sports rather than make comics, and because of this, finds it hard to express love toward his son. His sisters nag him and torment him daily and his mother has little to do with what goes with him. Jimmy's uncle, a failure himself, tells Jimmy to keep at it, and he'll eventually make it, but by the end of the story, the uncle himself is the one who is broken (the not the very end, but it's to good to give away.) Not so fast, this story isn't as depressing as I've made it out to be. It's actually very witty and funny and has a dark sense of humor. Comics Jimmy draws are included through out the story and it is interesting to see how Jimmy interprets events and his surroundings into his art. Very funny, but very sad, and with a wonderful ending. What every book should be, regardless of the reading level.
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Summary: Wonderful! Best book ever!
Review: I originally read "The Man in the Ceiling" in the fourth grade and I really didn't understand it, but then in the sixth grade I read it again, and now, as the title of the review mentions, it's my favorite book ever. I am now sixteen years old and I'm still reading it over and over again. The story deals with a young boy who struggles with inadequacy and failure. His main aspiration is to become a cartoonist, but he recieves little support from anyone. His father, a bitter overworked man, wishes Jimmy (the boy) would play sports rather than make comics, and because of this, finds it hard to express love toward his son. His sisters nag him and torment him daily and his mother has little to do with what goes with him. Jimmy's uncle, a failure himself, tells Jimmy to keep at it, and he'll eventually make it, but by the end of the story, the uncle himself is the one who is broken (the not the very end, but it's to good to give away.) Not so fast, this story isn't as depressing as I've made it out to be. It's actually very witty and funny and has a dark sense of humor. Comics Jimmy draws are included through out the story and it is interesting to see how Jimmy interprets events and his surroundings into his art. Very funny, but very sad, and with a wonderful ending. What every book should be, regardless of the reading level.
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Summary: This book will make you read without a stop!!!
Review: I think this book is one you won't forget. Jimmy is a person that is very down-to-earth, he has many personal struggles, such as his strive for attention and approval of the most popular school mate, Charley Beemer, who Jimmy thinks is perfect. Jimmy decides to draw comics for Charley and he realizes that that was a stupid mestake, Charley only wants to see blood and guts so Jimmy has a bit of trouble drawing a severed arm. This book is truly amazing! Thank you for reading my review.
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Summary: Not just for children.
Review: My husband and I drove our son to college and on the 5-hour ride home, I read the entire book to my husband. We loved it! My younger son a cartoonist and I found so much truth in the book. I suspect, also, that this book is also somewhat autobiographical; it hits the mark so well. I recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Not Feiffer's best
Review: Picked this up after "A barrel of laughs, a vale of tears", and found it merely diverting rather than life changing. It's a nice enough story, and probably means a lot to him as a drawing artist, but doesn't resonate as well to the non-pencil holder, I think. -dB
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Summary: Not Feiffer's best
Review: Picked this up after "A barrel of laughs, a vale of tears", and found it merely diverting rather than life changing. It's a nice enough story, and probably means a lot to him as a drawing artist, but doesn't resonate as well to the non-pencil holder, I think. -dB
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