This book was very cute and taught a good lesson, as all of Carlson's books do. The Loudmouth Collection caught my eye because I am often called a loudmouth from my own family! Ha! So this book is about the main character, George, not wanting to do any chores. It was his summer break and he wanted to relax, watch tv, play outside, etc.. Chores were not on his to-do list for the summer. Then when George wanted his allowance so he could go to the movies, his mother refused because he did not earn the money. What a concept!.. children actually earning the money their parents hand out to them??! Today some children are rewarded without doing anything to earn it. It is a good lesson for them to learn, that you have to work for the things you want. George tries to take the easy way out and get his younger siblings to do his chores.. but that quickly backfired when they did not the chores properly. This made me think of our six box assignment. I mentioned something about starting a project to help those less fortunate. This book relates to that lesson because it shows that some people can not afford to get an allowance, and some people don't deserve their allowance because they did not earn it. Maybe it will inspire some children to use part of their allowance to help someone.
A question I would like to address is: What connections can I make between this author’s life and the characteristics of his/her writing?
I noticed in this book the dedication was to one of Nancy's children. She congratulates them on graduating and then jokes "Now could you please put your clothes away?" This made me connect her books to her own children. I read that her books come from her own childhood experiences, but maybe some also come from her experiences as a parent. This book could be written for parents as well as children. Or maybe this is book that could be read at home to the whole family!
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