Kid's Book Reviews - October 2001

The Bad Beginning

by Lemony Snicket 

If you only like happy books, you had better not read this book. But if you don't care whether a book is happy or sad, you will probably like it.

This book is the first in a series called A Series of Unfortunate Events. It is about three Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. After their parent's die in a fire, they are sent to live with Count Olaf, an evil sinister man who is either their 3rd cousin 4 times removed or their 4th cousin 3 times removed.

Little do they know, but Count Olaf is plotting to somehow get the huge amount of money they will inherit when they are older. This is a great book because it is funny, exciting, and a mystery all at once. After I read it I wanted to read the rest of the series.

Reviewed by Princess Toenails - age 11

Holes

by Louis Sachar

Holes is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who gets sent to a place where all they do is dig holes. He was sent there because everyone thought he had stolen a pair of shoes. Everyone thought the camp was trying to help the boys not too be bad, but they found out later that the person who owns the camp is really looking for a suitcase with really valuable things in it. I really liked the book.

Reviewed by Dude Man - Age 9

Odd Velvet

by Mary E. Whitcomb and illustrated by Tara Calahan King

Odd Velvet was about this girl that kids didn't like because she was different. Like for show-and-tell, she brought a plant when the other girls brought baby dolls. This is a fun book because at first people are mean to Velvet, but at the end they start being nice because they have fun at Velvet's birthday party. Velvet taught them how to draw nice apples that looked like real apples. It's a fun book and I liked the pictures. 

Reviewed by Peach - Age 6