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Summary: My all-time favorite children's book
Review: As a child, my dad read this book to me almost every night. I loved the illustrations and the story. And it taught me the important lesson that children are sometimes much more intelligent and insightful than adults. Maybe some would consider the next lesson to be anything but a lesson, but as a child, this book taught me to question authority and to have faith in my own judgment. I think that is the most important lesson this book teaches children.
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Summary: great for school children
Review: I'm not sure if preschoolers would get this, but primary grade children enjoy this story where the child triumphs over the teacher in the end! Even groups who are restless find the humor in this situation!
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Summary: great for school children
Review: I'm not sure if preschoolers would get this, but primary grade children enjoy this story where the child triumphs over the teacher in the end! Even groups who are restless find the humor in this situation!
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Summary: If You Want an Honest Answer, Ask a Child
Review: We live in Japan. My boys, who, unlike most Japanese children, have a middle name, are tickled when I read off this boy`s FOUR. John Patrick Norman McHennessy not only has an amazingly long name, but he is always late. (Definitely something they can identify with.) It is not his fault, but because of the myriad of fantastic occurrances which befall him "on the road to learn." He perseverantly keeps on going, everyday. He is always truthful, even when it would be easier to lie and avoid chastisement from Sir, who always accuses him of prevarication and metes out some dreadful punishments. In fact, Sir gets bigger and scarier-looking with each appearance, until the tables are turned in a most satisfying denoument. He may be too frightening for wee ones, but my five- and seven-year old boys love it.
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Summary: If You Want an Honest Answer, Ask a Child
Review: We live in Japan. My boys, who, unlike most Japanese children, have a middle name, are tickled when I read off this boy`s FOUR. John Patrick Norman McHennessy not only has an amazingly long name, but he is always late. (Definitely something they can identify with.) It is not his fault, but because of the myriad of fantastic occurrances which befall him "on the road to learn." He perseverantly keeps on going, everyday. He is always truthful, even when it would be easier to lie and avoid chastisement from Sir, who always accuses him of prevarication and metes out some dreadful punishments. In fact, Sir gets bigger and scarier-looking with each appearance, until the tables are turned in a most satisfying denoument. He may be too frightening for wee ones, but my five- and seven-year old boys love it.
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Summary: Only the pictures are nice: Not recommended.
Review: With its stunningly original illustrations and long-named hero, I expected a real find. Instead I discovered a tedious one-joke story featuring a sadistic teacher. Oh, I know, it's all meant as fun, but there was nothing amusing about a boy forced to repeat 400 times "I must not tell lies about lions and I must not tear my trousers," and who is threatened with a beating. The book is neither very funny nor wise. There are so many outstanding children's books; this is not one of them.
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Summary: Only the pictures are nice: Not recommended.
Review: With its stunningly original illustrations and long-named hero, I expected a real find. Instead I discovered a tedious one-joke story featuring a sadistic teacher. Oh, I know, it's all meant as fun, but there was nothing amusing about a boy forced to repeat 400 times "I must not tell lies about lions and I must not tear my trousers," and who is threatened with a beating. The book is neither very funny nor wise. There are so many outstanding children's books; this is not one of them.
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