A Hazardous Holiday

by Nya, Fay (Illustrator)

Nya-n-Fay is a series for children 9-99 years old who are curious about the problems the U.S. Federal Government creates and want to know about possible solutions.

In "A Hazardous Holiday," Mona finds out that her idea of safety turns out to be quite dangerous.

www.nya-n-fay.com

34 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2014

About the author

Nya lives in Happy Woods Orphanage. Fay lives inside Nya's head (or so she says).

Their books are for children 9-99 years old who are interested in the problems the U.S. Federal Government creates and who want to know about possible solutions.

For more information: www.nya-n-fay.com

Reviews

[Denise]

Full disclosure: I was chosen a First Reads winner, and received a paperback copy of A Hazardous Holiday (Nya-n-Fay; A Series about Little Kids and Big Government, Volume 4) in the mail.

This is an intriguing idea for a children's book series that I really liked and really disliked simultaneously. The children's story (which comprises the majority of the book) was cute and clever with fun illustrations, but very predictable and definitely slanted with the intention of using it as an example for the anti-big-government portion (the final two pages) of the book. In those last two pages, the premise is that the federal government has taken away all of our risk-taking ability and, with it, the possibility of any reward for having taken the risk, instead of allowing anyone freedom of choice. The children's story, however, provides only a very nebulous example of this, and the "factual" portion fails to give even one single example to support its viewpoint or one single tie-in to the children's story. I'd have to say that the authors failed to convince me or to accomplish their titular objective.

Taken purely as a children's story (without trying to make the case for the last two pages), I gave this book 3 stars. It does have two imaginative little girls (residents, along with many other children, at the Happy Woods Orphanage) as its main characters.

[Vicky]

I enjoyed reading this book! The story is fairly easy to follow and the illustrations are cute and appropriate for all ages. Mona is the dominant and bossy character who always wants to be right. Nya puts up with a lot, but ends up winning in the end. I love the ideas for the party - clever and imaginative! The story touches upon issues dealing with women, space, safety, and governmental control.

I would love to see a picture of the real Nya and Fay. Also, I would love to know how the authors/illustrators came up with the ideas for their books. Can you share some background of Nya and Fay?

I received this complimentary book from the authors.

[Melanie]

I received a free copy of this book as part of a First Reads giveaway

Here's proof that I'm not the only anti-authoritarian in California.

In this quick read, a girl character in a recurring series plans a "safety first" Fourth of July party, with predictably disastrous results. It's a nice bit of Horatian satire, and I appreciated it.

[aem]

Cute and enjoyable!


Disclosure: received this book as a free giveaway from Goodreads.

[Queue]

first reads book

We enjoyed the two girls! The storyline was okay.