sorman0110's review
4.0
Super cute book based on an old Yiddish Folktale. This book is a modern take on the folktale, dealing with an elementary lunchroom that is crowded, noisy, and aggravating to many of the students. They write letters to their principal with complaints and wait for her to come up with a way to fix the situation. The writing is clever, as are the ways in which the principal tries to fix the problem for the kiddos. Enjoyable!
jaderscorner's review
5.0
My service dog loves to read kids book lately. He’s always been involved in bookish things.
We sat down and he got his toy, He was excited it was school themed, food themed. We talked about the moral and how it works with his job.
The book from another perspective was a great small story for kids in grade school. It was funny, and the art was so cute. Highly recommend.
We sat down and he got his toy, He was excited it was school themed, food themed. We talked about the moral and how it works with his job.
The book from another perspective was a great small story for kids in grade school. It was funny, and the art was so cute. Highly recommend.
madalynrogers122's review
5.0
Cute easy picture book about learning to appreciate the things we have by realizing that things could be much much worse.
ljrinaldi's review
4.0
Cute retelling of the Yiddish folk tale of a farmer who complained about his house being too small. In this case it is children who complain to their principal that their lunch room is too small.
So what does she do? Similar to what happened in the folk tale, she puts more things into the lunch room. Science projects, sports teams playing their games, and so on. Until the kids can't stand it, and then she removes all the extras, and though they are back to what they had before, they now see with relief that it seems larger and less crazy.
The pictures are bright and colorful, and the look on the principal's face as she adds more and more to the room is so knowing.
Although I loved "It Could Always Be Worse" this still makes the same point, and perhaps it will be sought out as well.
Thanks to Negalley for making this book available for an honest review
So what does she do? Similar to what happened in the folk tale, she puts more things into the lunch room. Science projects, sports teams playing their games, and so on. Until the kids can't stand it, and then she removes all the extras, and though they are back to what they had before, they now see with relief that it seems larger and less crazy.
The pictures are bright and colorful, and the look on the principal's face as she adds more and more to the room is so knowing.
Although I loved "It Could Always Be Worse" this still makes the same point, and perhaps it will be sought out as well.
Thanks to Negalley for making this book available for an honest review
librarianryan's review
funny
medium-paced
2.5
This story is loosely based on a Yiddish Folktale called It could Always be worse. In this book the kids in school hate their lunchroom because it is crowded and noisy. So, the principle starts adding things to the lunchroom and packing it tighter. Once all things are again emptied out the kids realize they had it pretty good at the start. I like the parable of this story, but overall, I just did not like the story. I get the reasoning behind it, but they make the principle seem mean or uncaring. She smiles while reading the kids letters, but that smile almost seems sinister. Maybe I am not in the right frame of mind while reading this, but it was just okay, not something I find memorable or that I would want in my collection.
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