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Home > Ready, Freddy! #4: Don't Sit On My Lunch: Don't Sit On My Lunch!
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Ready, Freddy! #4: Don't Sit On My Lunch: Don't Sit On My Lunch!
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By Abby Klein
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 (4 Reviews)
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Blue Sky Press
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Published:
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December 31, 1969 |
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Mass Market Paperback
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Pages:
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96
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Watch out, Junie B., there's a new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher, a 1st grader who knows it's a jungle out there. Here's the fourth in a new series by an elementary teacher who's seen it all.
"I have a problem. A really, really, big problem. I want to try out for the peewee hockey team, but so does Max . . ."
Bullies are a problem in school, and Max Sellars is the worst one yet. In addition to hassling Freddy, Max also challenges him for the open spot on the peewee hockey team. Freddy's close friend Jessie is a star hockey player, and she secretly teaches him some rules and tricks. In a warm and funny ending, Max and Freddy make peace with one another, and--in a surprising twist--end up becoming teammates.
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 Another awesome Freddy book!, February 1, 2005
By Chad Taylor (Olney, IL USA)
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As a second grade teacher, it is so refreshing to find a new series that motivates my students to read and love doing it. Such was the case when my students discovered the Ready Freddy series last fall. I've heard it described as a male version of Junie B. Jones. While this is somewhat accurate (he is a mischeivious boy), I see a lot more heart in Freddy than I do in Junie. For the most part, he does try hard to do the right thing.
The humor in the Freddy books is great as well. Whether he is dealing with his friends Robbie and Jessie, his Neat Freak mom, his bossy older sister, or Max the class bully, Freddy offers his unique perspective on his life that my students get a big kick out of.
I have found that both the boys and the girls in my class scrambled to read this latest book. Judging by their reactions, it's just as entertaining as the first three in the Freddy series. I may have to buy more copies of it to keep them from arguing over the one copy I have now! =)
19 of 20 people found the above review helpful.
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 not impressed, February 15, 2006
By beanstalk (Paradise, UT)
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Synopsis: Freddy, a first-grader, is encouraged by a friend and by his own father to try out for Pee Wee hockey. The class bully also wants the team's open spot, and does his best to intimate Freddy into defeat.
This book has its good points: a recipe for tamales in the back, a wise word from the author about bullies and how to deal with them, character opposites and an atypical ending to the story (instead of the expected "I win; you eat mud" solution). However, my praise ends there.
For a first-grade audience beginning to read independently, this book is too long and the vocabulary too advanced. Words like hysterical and annoyed and guacumole don't belong in an early reader. There are even Spanish sentences, which seems an ambitious surprise for students not fluently reading their native language yet. I'm all in favor of kids learning another language, but don't drop it on them in the middle of an english "easy reader." Kids at this stage have little stamina and sometimes little confidence in reading. This book will probably not help in these matters. The reading level is more like advanced second grade or beginning third. Even then I'd skip the foreign language sentences.
I also object to much of the content in this story. Freddy has an older sister, and their relationship--except at the very end--is one big fight. I think this is meant to be funny, and kids will probably find it so, but I was not amused at the name-calling (POOPHEAD? How choice.) and food-slinging tactics. Wouldn't you love your child to learn a few of those behaviors?
I also found very trite the "Girls, too, can be good at sports!" emphasis. I hope kids already know this fact. Many of them compete on co-ed teams.
Another irritation: Hockey is portrayed as cool (which it is), while ballet is portrayed in a negative light. The messages I got was that cool girls can play hockey, but ballet is only for the uppity class priss, who is--of course--a girl!
My final objection is that Freddy kisses his dirty underwear, and then changes into it in front of his older sister. She objects because his underwear is dirty, which to me is the lesser of two concerns presented at once. How about some common decency?
11 of 12 people found the above review helpful.
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I would recommend, September 9, 2008
By Baseball Nut (Pittsburgh, PA)
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My son loves these books! They make him laugh. I have purchased all of the Ready Freddy Books published so far and will continue to do so. He is 8 years old and they seem like the reading level is made for children his age.
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Ready Freddy has motivated my 2nd grader, April 17, 2008
By Ms. English Lady (VA)
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My son was so reluctant to read any type of chapter book. An hour sitting on the floor of a store with books all over, yielded a Ready Freddy book. The search for the word 'FIN' within each picture captured his attention from the start. After the first chapter, he was hooked.
My active, sports-oriented, second grade boy who whined about reading nightly has been hooked on this series ever since that first day. He's read a book a week with enthusiasm and has had a willingness to really discuss the characters, their actions, and their struggles.
His vocabulary has grown tremendously, and his fluency gets better and better with each book.
I can't say enough about what this series has done for my child. I'd definitely recommend any of the Ready Freddy books for young readers who may need that extra little push to realize that reading can be so much fun.
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