Nelson in Love: An Adam Joshua Valentine's Day Story

The Adam Joshua Capers

by Janice Lee Smith, Dick Gackenbach (Illustrator), Laura Godwin

Adam Joshua's Valentine's Day is extremely complicated, and it doesn't help matters to know his best friend Nelson and his dog George are both in love.

71 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1992

About the author

She lives and plays in Colorado with her husband, Jim, and their dogs Rosie and Bailey.

Honors/Awards:
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference scholarship, 1981, and fellowship, 1982
Named among the Outstanding Young Women of America, 1981
Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts master arts fellowship grant, 1984, for The Show-and-Tell War, and for The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches: Stories about Adam Joshua
The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches was selected an International Reading Association Children's Choice, 1985
Addi Award, 1987, for advertising booklet

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a funny , cute Valentines story.

[Cheryl · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible. Second graders should not be celebrating Valentine's Day like this at all. Way too much class time is given to encourage the girls to chase the boys. One boy actually gets ambushed with a kiss, which is too close to harassments to be condoned. The 'secret friend' add-on activity isn't any better, really. There are ways to celebrate the holiday that will actually help the kids learn stuff that is relevant to how they can have healthy relationships.

Also the bit about George and Lucy. Bad enough they're just roaming dogs, all too likely to scare tots and go feral, but the hint is that they are in love... which means puppies, which means more animals likely to go to a shelter and not get adopted....

And why was Martha the only one who got the milk money from the other kids? And why was she allowed to do so in the first place? As a parent, I want milk money to go to milk. If my kid gets a markered 'tattoo' I want it to be drawn by him or herself.

[Aitor · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is my comfort book that I have been reading since I was eight, not exactly a difficult read but it is a fun pallet cleanse between books!

[Olean Public Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty good book.