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readingjag's review against another edition
2.0
Poor Commander Toad has not aged well. What was fresh, funny, timely satire in 1983 is stilted and old fashioned today. It pains me to give Yolen anything less than 4 stars, but I think this one is going to be relegated to my list of childhood things I won't revisit too closely with the little one.
afs35's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
I want to read this aloud to my nieces and nephews. I think they would love these books. The song in this one particularly lends itself to a read aloud I think.
pussreboots's review against another edition
4.0
Back in the 1980s, Jane Yolen wrote a series of early reader science fiction / humor books involving Commander Toad and the crew of the Star Warts. At our last trip to the library we checked out three of these books for Sean to read on our trip down to Santa Barbara.
The first of these that we read is Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole and I think it's our favorite because it has some good gross-out humor and a parody of Home on the Range which requires really poor singing. The inclusion of long tongues, off key singing and food being splattered makes for two laughing kids when we read the book out loud.
The first of these that we read is Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole and I think it's our favorite because it has some good gross-out humor and a parody of Home on the Range which requires really poor singing. The inclusion of long tongues, off key singing and food being splattered makes for two laughing kids when we read the book out loud.
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