The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey

4 stars Very funny. Definitely more immature and indecent in comparison to the Captain Underpants books (a character is literally turned into a piece of poop), but funny nonetheless. Silly and entertaining. The story is much simpler than the Captain Underpants books as well. This is because it is written entirely in comic format. The…

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Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke

5 stars  Fantastic read. I really enjoyed this book. I was a bit hesitant to read it after I read Inkheart earlier this year. I loved Inkheart, but it took me a while to get into it. This one, however, had me hooked at page one. This is a great adventure tale. In comparison to…

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Tovi the Penguin goes to the Seaside

2 stars A cute story with nice illustrations. This is a very simple story. It is more of a description of events rather than a story with a plot. Not much character development, but the pictures were cute and interactive.

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Junie B. Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy by Barbara Park

2 stars  This is the first book I have read in this series. The antics of Junie B. Jones are reminiscent of Ramona Quimby, but the first person narrator really got on my nerves. Having Junie narrate the story with all of her age-appropriate grammatical errors was very irritating to me. It really took away…

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Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime by Barbara Park

2 stars Found a copy of this book in the Lending Library and decided to check it out for an easy read. The story is simple, the writing is okay, but I really did not like the narration. Junie’s narration really bugged me with her misprounciations and incorrect use of past tense verbs. I understand…

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