Our Reader's Responses

Elizabeth's Readers Response:

"Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing"

My 11 year old niece and my 10 year old cousin read this book with me and enjoyed it a lot. They both felt like they could relate, but in two different perspectives. My niece has a little brother and little sister, and feels as thought she know exactly what Peter is going through with Fudge. My cousin is the youngest of three but feels that she is treated badly by her brother and sister, and that she's the good one, she said "my brother and sister always think I get into their stuff even though I just go to get my stuff back, because its mine!" One related to fudge more by being the younger of the two, and one related to Peter as being the older one.

Meredith's Readers Response:

"Blubber"

I listened to Blubber, on audiobook with my 11 year old neice, Katie. She really felt bad for Linda's character and thought the teasing her about her project was "so unfair, she didn't mean for them to call her that." When Jill and her asian best friend talked, Katie noted that Jill acted different with her than the circle of girls that caused all the trouble at school. I asked Katie if she thought what they did was wrong to Linda in the classroom, locking her up in the closet, and she agreed. She asked "Where was the teacher" and she wondered if the teacher would even care that they did it. She said "the teacher would probably blame it on Linda."