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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
EAN num: 9780439556026
ISBN number: 0439556023
Label: Blue Sky Press
Manufacturer: Blue Sky Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: February 01, 2005
Publishing house: Blue Sky Press
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 199244
Studio: Blue Sky Press
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'I have a problem. A really, really, big problem. I want to try out for the peewee hockey team, but so does Max . . .' Bullies are a problem in school, and Max Sellars is the worst one yet. In addition to hassling Freddy, Max also challenges him for the open spot on the peewee hockey team. Freddy's close friend Jessie is a star hockey player, and she secretly teaches him some rules and tricks. In a warm and funny ending, Max and Freddy make peace with one another, and--in a surprising twist--end up becoming teammates.
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My son was so reluctant to read any type of chapter book. An hour sitting on the floor of a store with books all over, yielded a Ready Freddy book. The search for the word 'FIN' within each picture captured his attention from the start. After the very first chapter, he was hooked.
My active, sports-oriented, second grade boy who whined about reading nightly has been hooked on this series ever since that very first day. He's read a book a week with enthusiasm and has had a willingness to really discuss the characters, their actions, and their struggles.
His vocabulary has grown tremendously, and his fluency gets better and better with each book.
I can't say enough about what this series has done for my child. I'd definitely recommend any of the Ready Freddy books for young readers who may need that extra little push to realize that reading can be so much fun.
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Synopsis: Freddy, a first-grader, is encouraged by a friend and by his own father to try out for Pee Wee hockey. The class bully also wants the team's open spot, and does his best to intimate Freddy into defeat.
This book has its good points: a recipe for tamales in the back, a wise word from the author about bullies and how to deal with them, character opposites and an atypical ending to the story (instead of the expected "I win; you eat mud" solution). However, my praise ends there.
For a first-grade audience beginning to read independently, this book is too long and the vocabulary too advanced. Words like hysterical and annoyed and guacumole don't belong in an early reader. There are even Spanish sentences, which seems an ambitious surprise for students not fluently reading their native language yet. I'm all in favor of kids learning another language, but don't drop it on them in the middle of an english "easy reader." Kids at this stage have little stamina and sometimes little confidence in reading. This book will probably not help in these matters. The reading level is more like advanced second grade or beginning third. Even then I'd skip the foreign language sentences.
I also object to much of the content in this story. Freddy has an older sister, and their relationship--except at the very end--is one big fight. I think this is meant to be funny, and kids will probably find it so, but I was not amused at the name-calling (POOPHEAD? How choice.) and food-slinging tactics. Wouldn't you love your child to learn a few of those behaviors?
I also found very trite the "Girls, too, can be good at sports!" emphasis. I hope kids already know this fact. Many of them compete on co-ed teams.
Another irritation: Hockey is portrayed as cool (which it is), while ballet is portrayed in a negative light. The messages I got was that cool girls can play hockey, but ballet is only for the uppity class priss, who is--of course--a girl!
My final objection is that Freddy kisses his dirty underwear, and then changes into it in front of his older sister. She objects because his underwear is dirty, which to me is the lesser of two concerns presented at once. How about some common decency?
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As a second grade teacher, it is so refreshing to find a new series that motivates my students to read and love doing it. Such was the case when my students discovered the Ready Freddy series last fall. I've heard it described as a male version of Junie B. Jones. While this is somewhat accurate (he is a mischeivious boy), I see a lot more heart in Freddy than I do in Junie. For the most part, he does try hard to do the right thing.
The humour in the Freddy books is great as well. Whether he is dealing with his friends Robbie and Jessie, his Neat Freak mom, his bossy older sister, or Max the class bully, Freddy offers his unique perspective on his life that my students get a big kick out of.
I have found that both the boys and the girls in my class scrambled to read this latest book. Judging by their reactions, it's just as entertaining as the very first three in the Freddy series. I may have to buy more copies of it to keep them from arguing over the one copy I have now! =)
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