librarydanielle's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this title up as an ARC at BEA13.
This is a pretty cute early elementary book. I feel like it's more age appropriate that Junie B. and that Lola is more a more likeable little girl.
The story flowed well and was (I felt) a believable voice for a 2nd grade girl. The chapters weren't too long, and there were spaces for pictures (in the final version) which would help keep a child's attention.
Lola has a problem. Her last name is Zuckerman, which means she always has to go last in her class. So when everyone has to come up with an idea for a Going Green contest (the winner gets to be Captain Green and have lunch in the teacher's lounge which is made of candy!) she has to wait for all of her classmates to go first. Which means that all her good ideas get taken. But she just HAS to win this contest because her older brother Jack did, and got to be Green Captain and now it just has to be Lola's turn....
(we will be getting this title for the JCL when it is released in September 2013)
This is a pretty cute early elementary book. I feel like it's more age appropriate that Junie B. and that Lola is more a more likeable little girl.
The story flowed well and was (I felt) a believable voice for a 2nd grade girl. The chapters weren't too long, and there were spaces for pictures (in the final version) which would help keep a child's attention.
Lola has a problem. Her last name is Zuckerman, which means she always has to go last in her class. So when everyone has to come up with an idea for a Going Green contest (the winner gets to be Captain Green and have lunch in the teacher's lounge which is made of candy!) she has to wait for all of her classmates to go first. Which means that all her good ideas get taken. But she just HAS to win this contest because her older brother Jack did, and got to be Green Captain and now it just has to be Lola's turn....
(we will be getting this title for the JCL when it is released in September 2013)
elfeeza's review against another edition
3.0
Christine Pakkala writes with a bit of humour and keeps her chapters short and face-paced. That's what I like about this book. The story is simple and quite easy to follow. There are also many lessons to learn from the story (being a good friend, being a good sport, etc). She also keeps he story real. Many of Lola's and the other characters' actions were very real behaviours. It was refreshing to read a book where the characters are not all so well-behaved and good as kids being kids will behave a certain way. I am interested in reading some of the other books to see how the story, the characters and Christine Pakkala's writing develop before recommending it to my students.
More...