Ron Chandler

I thought this collection of short stories sounded fun and would be a good read for my nephews. In fact, my nephew read the first story, Stealth Deer. While, there were a few words that he had trouble pronouncing for the most part he was able to read the whole story on his own. The rest of the stories had a few words that would be harder for the younger children to say but the older ones might need minor help. There was a lesson to be learned from the story but it was not really made prominent in the story or at the end.

I went on to read the rest of the stories. Sadly, I have to tell you that most of them did not intrigue me. Additionally, I found that while these stories are geared towards the younger readers that there were aspects of the stories that I found unnecessary like the bickering in Ain't No Fence High Enough, killing of rats in Delirious With Rain, a rabid dog in In the Footsteps of Robert Running Bear. There were a few stories I did like: Springtime Shenanigans, The Blooper, D is for Dudley, and Bark is a 4 Letter Word.… (mais)