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I thought it was hilarious
I am about to discuss it with 4th and 5th graders so I am interested to see if they got the humor.
I am about to discuss it with 4th and 5th graders so I am interested to see if they got the humor.
A bit weirdly paced and the characters are not my favorite, but fun overall. It’s something I’d recommend to Diary of a Wimpy Kid readers & any child looking for a humorous read.
I was disappointed. I thought this book would be along the lines of the Wimpy Kid books. I didn't think it was anywhere near as entertaining. It will be interesting to see what the students at my schools think.
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What Timmy lacks in detective smarts, he sure makes up for with his imagination! This was cute, but I didn't laugh out loud, like I had hoped. This will appeal to Wimpy Kid fans due to the fun spot illustrations and larger type font. However, the vocabulary might prove more challenging than the reader expects.
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A silly book that many of my students love. I think Timmy's vocabulary may be over their heads at times.
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Grades 3-5. RL 520. Timmy lives in his own little dream world where he is a great detective and his side-kick polar bear helps him solve mysteries. In reality-- he misses the most obvious clues and doesn't recognize (or doesn't WANT to recognize) that his mother is falling ever further into debt and that other children think he is "different." His over-confidence is what makes this book funny. Humorous illustrations show Timmy's point-of-view. Good book for making inferences about what is really
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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis is sure to be a hit with kids because Timmy is so unreliable as a narrator. From my experience, readers love an unreliable narrator because it allows them to note what's really happening in the story and laugh at the contradictions that abound. Calvin and Hobbes meets Fletcher Half Moon in a Diary of a Wimpy Kid style graphic hybrid book.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans are going to enjoy this quirky read, but I feel that some of the humor will escape the audience. Definitely created for an older, more mature audience than Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
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