Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Tales of a fourth grade nothing / Judy Blume, ill. Roy Doty


"Tales of a fourth grade nothing" is a story told by Peter the older of two brothers living in a New York apartment next to Central Park. Peters younger brother Fudgie, is always getting into trouble often at Peter's expense. Peter is regularly put in the embarrassing position of doing things so that his little brother will then imitate his older brother. Each chapter of this story presents a misadventure that this family undergoes in the run of a day.

Tales of a fourth grade nothing is well written and entertaining story that some children of Peter's age (9 years) could relate to if they had younger siblings. Of course Fudgie pulls some very outrageous stunts, but those tricks may certainly have similar parallels in the lives potential readers. The boy's parents usually handle the situations well and we find that Peter is usually a good sport and helps his parents deal with his precocious younger brother.

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