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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, what Miniscule Brain at Dell Yearling authorized the AWFUL, anachronistic covers for the 1970s reprints of these books? I'm sorry, but it's Mercer Mayer's original drawings or NOTHING, in my opinion. If you are unlucky enough to own the 1970s Dell Yearling reprints with their Little Rascals-es...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15789451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Want to learn how to charge people to see a toilet flush? Need to learn to swim, or walk with a peg leg? Find your way out of a dangerous cave? Get rid of a strict teacher? Ask the Great Brain, Thomas &quot;T.D.&quot; Fitzgerald. Set in the early days of Utah statehood (1896)in southern Utah, John &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49840098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Note:  The following is a review of the entire Great Brain series</em><br/><br/><em>The Great Brain</em> is perhaps one of the finest American children's books ever written—as are its companions in the <em>Great Brain</em> series. Reading this series in recent years has in some ways been akin to reading Tom Sawyer as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13265652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh I really enjoyed this book and I wanted to give it 5 stars, but it had a few little issues.  Before I go into the nitty gritty I have to say to my sister Nikki, YOU HAVE TO READ THIS!  We have a favorite story from when we were little.  My dad was the cheapest person any of us knew, and he took N...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78354036">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was probably one of my favorite kids series. I love children's literature that makes you think, and is less concerned with the moral of the story than the idea of you figuring out how to solve your problems on your own. By default, most children's literature presents a moral, but I adored these...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72111400">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you have any doubt that reading aloud to your class can make a difference, let me please encourage you to continue to make time for that read-aloud. It's probably been at least 20 years since one of my elementary school techers read The Great Brain to me in class, and I not only remembered it, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45782205">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This series was one of my favorites as a child, and one I have enjoyed sharing with many children along the way.  When I was a third grade teacher, we read the book in literature and my students all enjoyed it, and the boys spent the rest of the year trading the subsequent books around.<br/><br/>I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80010041">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm pretending that I'm reading these for Austin, but really I just love these books. The stories are still fresh and free of any over-protectiveness: best way to stop the bully? fight him until he respects you; people and animals die; different religious groups take care of their own; kids are mean...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48440666">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad read this series to us when we were kids.  I recently read them to my son (10 years old) and he loved them too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hysterical!  I loved the little bits of wisdom, and most especially the attempt to contract mumps to “get even” with his brothers.  There are a few pretty serious moments, and some somewhat disturbing humor, but overall, a really fun read.  This would be a great one to read to your ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71227333">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book, when I read it earlier this year, and Abbi devoured it. <br/><br/>It is about a boy growing up in a small Utah town around the turn of the century who is not Mormon. It deals with such topics as; siblings (brothers specifically), parenting, family dynamics, social order, charity...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68298542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved reading all of the books in the classic Great Brain series.  I laughed at the humorous autobiographical accounts of his childhood experiences and adventures.  A great historical look at a Catholic family living in rural Utah in the late 1800's - full of wit and charm! I borrowed all of these...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41008853">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We recently read this book as a family.  I remember reading these book as a child and thought my boys(8,7 and 4 yrs old) might like them.  It received mixed reviews.  They really enjoyed the adventure parts like learning to swim, and getting the mumps, but not so into the meatier parts of the book. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44475646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We listened to this book on CD in the car.  This is a new thing for us.  I don't know why I haven't thought of it before.  This kids (even the boys) are totally silent.  We all enjoyed this book.  There was one part about a kid wanting to commit suicide, which made for some explaining on my part, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68400760">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite kids book series.  I've read them to Benson and Matt and I'm sure I'll read them to Chris and Lucy.  <br/><br/>The story is told by the younger brother.  His older brother Tom (aka The Great Brain) is always using his smarts to try to swindle people and make money.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61672477">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[“I haven't read this one since I was a kid, and now I'm rereading it with my seven year old. Interesting how times have changed. With all the character education emphasized in the classroom, my son has a hard time enjoying The Great Brain's scheming. He told me after reading tonight that the book ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18261394">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Great Brain books are pure genius.  They are set in 19th century rural Utah, and tell the story of a non-Mormon family in a heavily Mormon community.  The stories are told in the voice of a young boy named J.D. who practically worships his older brothers, T.D. (Tom) and S.D.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Great Brain" title="The Great Brain">The Great Brain</a>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21300168">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My 5th grader and I read this book together.  He hasn't been all that interested in reading, but finally we found a book that really appealed to him.  This was written by a boy who grew up as a Catholic in the pre-dominantly Mormon town of Adenville UT in the early 1900's.  We loved reading about hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76114764">more...</a>]]></body>
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