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A review by nina_rod
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst
5.0
There needs to be more books like Lulu and the Brontosaurus in this world. It was such a gem.
My son's third grade teacher read it aloud in school and my son borrowed it from his school library and brought it home. He told me I must read this to his 1st grade sister since he said she will love it. That's never happened before, so I got right to it. The book is about bratty Lulu who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Lulu is just about as bratty as his sister, which we pointed out to her. Lulu even throws tantrums the same, which we pointed out mid-tantrum. My daughter wanted to ignore us and didn't want to admit she actually liked the book on principle.
Slight atheist themes in this book. For example Viorst as the author is the narrator too. She says she knows that people and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time, but it's her book so overlook that. That had me thinking it was an inadvertent slam against those who do and let it go. But when Lulu met a talking snake in the forest and Viorst wrote, I know there are no such things as talking snakes, I began to wonder if Viorst had an ideological agenda to this book.
My son's third grade teacher read it aloud in school and my son borrowed it from his school library and brought it home. He told me I must read this to his 1st grade sister since he said she will love it. That's never happened before, so I got right to it. The book is about bratty Lulu who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Lulu is just about as bratty as his sister, which we pointed out to her. Lulu even throws tantrums the same, which we pointed out mid-tantrum. My daughter wanted to ignore us and didn't want to admit she actually liked the book on principle.
Slight atheist themes in this book. For example Viorst as the author is the narrator too. She says she knows that people and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time, but it's her book so overlook that. That had me thinking it was an inadvertent slam against those who do and let it go. But when Lulu met a talking snake in the forest and Viorst wrote, I know there are no such things as talking snakes, I began to wonder if Viorst had an ideological agenda to this book.