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Mahamad Ali Elfakir

Autor(a) de Blueberry Bubble Gum

4 Works 13 Membros 5 Críticas

Obras por Mahamad Ali Elfakir

Blueberry Bubble Gum (2013) 7 exemplares
Stinky fumes (2013) 1 exemplar

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This story teaches children that it is a good thing to be unique and different. Every year on the first day of Spring the skunks gather for a big party. The new young skunks get a chance to spray for the first time. Pepper is a new skunk. He lives with his mother, father and two adopted rabbit brothers. The rabbit brothers are not allowed to go to the party because the spray would be too strong. They follow along behind and hide in the bushes. When it is Pepper’s turn to spray he hears a loud noise and jumps, spraying a large blast that smells like flowers. Pepper’s brothers new that his spray smelled like flowers but had never told him. All of the other skunks make fun of him. Pepper runs off. When the rest of the skunks find themselves in danger it is Pepper that they look to for help. Read to find out how Pepper and his brothers are able to save the day.… (mais)
 
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skstiles612 | Apr 9, 2014 |
Three leprechauns, D;Arcy, Lorcan and Scully live in a hidden home on top of a mountain. Each day they get up with the sun and greet it. Then they get in their boat and sail to a secret island. This island is actually at the end of the rainbow. Once there they would push a hidden button on the tree and their pot of gold would come up out of the sand. They greeted the parrot who lived in the tree above their pot of gold, then spent the rest of the day playing in their gold. At the end of the day they would push a button and their gold would be hidden again. One day they forgot to push the button. When they got up the next day they knew something was wrong. The sea was rough, and when they got to the island their gold was gone. A group of pirates had seen their gold and stolen it. Now they must find a way to get their gold back so that they can once again play with it. This was a wonderfully, cute fantasy.… (mais)
 
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skstiles612 | Apr 9, 2014 |
What could possibly go wrong when Max's dad gives him a bag of magical bubble gum? Max tries hard to resist its temptation until his dad can read him the instructions, but then his dad is called into work Max is sent to bed without even one taste. The smell of the gum is so overwhelming that Max has to try one. When his mother comes in to say goodnight she asks him if he broke his promise not to eat any gum. Max lies to her, and this causes the magical gum to sour in his stomach. What happens next is a bubble gum ride of a lifetime. On this journey Max learns some powerful life lessons about lying and breaking promises.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, to younger readers only. Here is why: when I first read this book something did not sit right with me, but I could not put my finger on it so I read it to my four children. My sons ages nine and seven really liked it, understood the moral of the story, and the bad guys reminded them of cartoon villains. My daughters, ages twelve and fourteen came to the same conclusion I did, something important was missing. We discussed it and figured out what it was. Max is missing a baseline. When some on takes a lie detector test the technician asks them questions they know are true, such as “is your hair brown” or “are your eyes blue”. They do this so they have a baseline to tell when the person is lying or not. In this book, the author just tells us that the boy is a chronic liar without giving any prior examples. This fact detracts from the rest of the story, in my opinion. If they want to reach a broader audience I would recommend that the author write a preface to the current book or a prequel that expands on the character's chronic lying habit, so the revelation that lying is not right is more profound at the end of this book. In conclusion this is a cute book with fantastic illustrations and a good moral lesson. Younger children will find it very enjoyable.


**I received an ARC in return for an honest review**
… (mais)
 
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sallyawolf | 2 outras críticas | Feb 6, 2014 |
What could possibly go wrong when Max's dad gives him a bag of magical bubble gum? Max tries hard to resist its temptation until his dad can read him the instructions, but then his dad is called into work Max is sent to bed without even one taste. The smell of the gum is so overwhelming that Max has to try one. When his mother comes in to say goodnight she asks him if he broke his promise not to eat any gum. Max lies to her, and this causes the magical gum to sour in his stomach. What happens next is a bubble gum ride of a lifetime. On this journey Max learns some powerful life lessons about lying and breaking promises.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, to younger readers only. Here is why: when I first read this book something did not sit right with me, but I could not put my finger on it so I read it to my four children. My sons ages nine and seven really liked it, understood the moral of the story, and the bad guys reminded them of cartoon villains. My daughters, ages twelve and fourteen came to the same conclusion I did, something important was missing. We discussed it and figured out what it was. Max is missing a baseline. When some on takes a lie detector test the technician asks them questions they know are true, such as “is your hair brown” or “are your eyes blue”. They do this so they have a baseline to tell when the person is lying or not. In this book, the author just tells us that the boy is a chronic liar without giving any prior examples. This fact detracts from the rest of the story, in my opinion. If they want to reach a broader audience I would recommend that the author write a preface to the current book or a prequel that expands on the character's chronic lying habit, so the revelation that lying is not right is more profound at the end of this book. In conclusion this is a cute book with fantastic illustrations and a good moral lesson. Younger children will find it very enjoyable.


**I received an ARC in return for an honest review**
… (mais)
 
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sallyawolf | 2 outras críticas | Feb 6, 2014 |

Estatísticas

Obras
4
Membros
13
Popularidade
#774,335
Avaliação
4.8
Críticas
5
ISBN
5