Boring book about a weird tractor.
I guess it's good for kids who like tractors. It's really basic, which makes it easy to read to a small child.
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None.
meh
Skip this one and stay home.
It kind of sucks that Mama still has to be in charge of a lot of things even though it's supposed to be her night off.
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Give your mom a break every once in a while.
You can never have too many pets.
Kids probably shouldn't just randomly take home animals that they find in a pond, whether or not they're kittens. They might have rabies, or something worse.
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Kittens make good pets.
More boring than a real aquarium.
These kids are just a frigging pain. They just will not shut up about the stupid dolphins and whale.
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The only interesting things that live underwater are dolphins and whales.
Respect cabooses. Or something.
All the kids wave at the train, except not the caboose because they're bored by then. And I can't blame them.
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People only like you if you are useful. Or, eventually you'll get thanked for the hard work you do.
Good message, poor execution.
I want to like this book, because it has a good message, but I can't get past the way the parents implicitly treat Gerald.
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Everybody can have a place that they fit. Something which seems like a flaw at first can be a strength when viewed from the right angle.
Not a useful dog or book.
It's kind of inane. I'm not that impressed by the storyline.
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None.
All pets are equal, but some are more equal than others.
If I didn't know better, I would think they were intending to write something about the "entitlement generation." Because, seriously, that's what this turns out to be. "I can't decide who is the best! Everybody gets a prize!"
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You can never have too many pets. All pets are awesome.
The train to snoozeville.
Their friends would as bored hearing the story as I was reading it. Their friends wouldn't care.
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Trains are cool.
Skateboarding safety gear is radical.
How big is Bear Country, anyway? They took a fricking road trip around it in another book, complete with their own version of Mount Rushmore and Niagara Falls, and now they've got the Official Skate Park in somebody's cow pasture.
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Wear your safety gear.