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Title: My Brother Louis Measures Worms and Other Louis Stories by Barbara Robinson ISBN: 0-06-440362-9 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Doesn't measure up...
Comment: Robinson has compiled a collection of stories about a rather average family in the Midwest with some unusual quirks. The stories begin with nine year old Louis driving a car unnoticed and get wilder from there. I didn't find the stories to be very funny or very entertaining. Neither did the third and fourth graders that I field-tested it with.
The chapters are a little too long to use in a read aloud situation and not many upper elementary students were not able to hold their attention spans long enough to enjoy the book on their own.
Why 3 stars?:
I will keep this book on my shelf in the classroom, but will not use it for anything. It will be around for a child to read if he feels so inclined. The stories are too long and not very captivating, but if it gets a child to read, then it has some value.
Rating: 5
Summary: Enchanting
Comment: This is one of the funniest--and sweet-hearted-- books I have ever read. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a better book, but My Brother Louis Measures Worms is the book that I own and have read over and over and over again. It takes place in the kind of timeless neighborhood that I grew up in where kids spend all day outside, coming in only at dusk. I don't know if neighborhoods exist like this anymore (I'm only 31 but still . . . ) so reading My Brother Louis Measures Worms may be a stroll down nostalgia lane. In many ways, it reminds me of the movie The Sandlot which captures to perfection my childhood memories of playing baseball with my brother (Daniel, not Louis).
The book's family is eccentric but not unbelievable. Robinson has the ability to create likeable and realistic (and intact) nuclear families without crossing the line into syrupy cliches. The book is split into short stories (that follow a consecutive timeline) and every scenario conveys the positive--if sometimes bewildering--aura of a happy childhood. My favorite story is probably the mother getting lost by following the wrong cars to flower shows but the story about the dog who comes and stays forever reminds me of my dad (who has never cared for pets).
Recommendation: It's not as classic as The Best Christmas Pageant Ever but is better than The Best School Year Ever. Buy it!
Rating: 1
Summary: A Disappointment
Comment: A disappointment
My expectations were high when I ordered My Brother Louis Measures Worms. Barbara Robinson has written delightful books including The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. As her books were the first to encourage my son to independent reading, I was delighted to find another title by her. The book however was a great disappointment. The use of obscenities was a surprise and the preoccupation with pregnancy seemed out of proportion (the cat got pregnant, the cousin got pregnant, and the woman across the street got pregnant; everyone thought either Rhoda or Mrs. Lawson was pregnant.) I would highly recommend her Best School Year Ever or her Best Christmas Pageant Ever, but this book is simply not in a class with the others she has written.
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Title: The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson ISBN: 0064404927 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson ISBN: 0064402754 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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