Super Burp!

Super Burp!  is the first book in the George Brown, Class Clown series by Nancy Krulik who wrote a series I love Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo!  George was in Katie's class, I remember him!  He was one of the guys in the two-guy battle to see who told the best jokes.  He is also the guy who gave Katie her nickname.  He and his family moved and in this first book, he is making his way trying to find where he fits in his new school.  Excellent for reluctant readers and just a lot of fun.  Plus, George is a nice guy!

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon is the first in the Amber Brown series.  You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown is the second.  The third is Amber Brown Goes Fourth.  The fourth book in the series is Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit.  Forever Amber Brown is the fifth.  Sixth is Amber Brown Sees Red.

Wheew.  That took a long time.

Obviously I did like this series.  I listened to all of them through the library. And that is only way I could have read them, probably because the covers are terrible.

Not Gary Paulsen book cover terrible.  But pretty terrible.

Amber Brown books aren't as good as Gary Paulsen books, no, but they are more than I thought they would be.  Amber's parents are divorced and I don't know...these were really the first books that I read that gave me a real sense (as much as it could be real) about how a kid feels when his or her parents get divorced.  Well, a fictional third and fourth grader, anyway.

There is a lot of pain in these books.

Three More Kazoos

Friends for Never, Love Stinks, and Bad Rap were three solid additions to the Katie Kazoo series.  I can't seem to get tired of these and at least by #16 (Bad Rap), Krulik doesn't seem to be tired of writing them, either.  I was especially despondent when reading Love Stinks and so it came at a good time!