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eqlamont18's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
if nobody got me i know clarice bean tuesday got me🙏
these books were my childhood
these books were my childhood
julie_anne's review
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
carolinerd's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Another wonderful glimpse into the world of Clarice Bean, who is keeping a notebook of her worst worries. This includes everything from the meaning of life, having to go back to school after the holidays, largish spiders, moving house, strange things happening to the environment and whether you can live off toast alone. But according to the Ruby Redfort Survival Handbook, your worst worry is the one that you haven't even thought about.
Sure enough, before too long Clarice Bean's best friend, Betty Moody, has an unexpected and very worrying announcement to make.
Again, this is a book that children will relate to. Kids do have a lot of worries, some that prove unfounded and some that don't, and this book shows how normal it is to feel like that and also how hard it can be sometimes to talk about these fears. Other themes which will strike a chord are bullying and that insecure feeling we often have when our friends make new friends and we feel that we are losing them.
It feels a bit more grown-up than the earlier books in the series. It's longer and it's not broken up with so many illustrations, so it would definitely suit a child with quite proficient reading skills.
There are some quirky facts to pick up along the way about the habits of bears, sharks, tigers and lions in the unlikely event you might encounter them.
Really enjoyable and, as Clarice Bean would say, exceptionordinarily funny.
Sure enough, before too long Clarice Bean's best friend, Betty Moody, has an unexpected and very worrying announcement to make.
Again, this is a book that children will relate to. Kids do have a lot of worries, some that prove unfounded and some that don't, and this book shows how normal it is to feel like that and also how hard it can be sometimes to talk about these fears. Other themes which will strike a chord are bullying and that insecure feeling we often have when our friends make new friends and we feel that we are losing them.
It feels a bit more grown-up than the earlier books in the series. It's longer and it's not broken up with so many illustrations, so it would definitely suit a child with quite proficient reading skills.
There are some quirky facts to pick up along the way about the habits of bears, sharks, tigers and lions in the unlikely event you might encounter them.
Really enjoyable and, as Clarice Bean would say, exceptionordinarily funny.
blakehalsey's review against another edition
5.0
The best of the 3 Clarice Bean books. It is much more "real" than the previous two (although they were great), and deals with a lot of things I think kids can really relate to. All this while being entertained by the zany Clarice Bean.
richardpierce's review against another edition
3.0
My smallest room reading. A delight. Reading books for youngsters gives old people like me a great insight.
katiea36's review against another edition
5.0
Read this book as a child, it’s always been one of my favourites and it’s so nostalgic for me.
katieageorge's review against another edition
5.0
Read this book as a child, it’s always been one of my favourites and it’s so nostalgic for me.
crowyhead's review against another edition
4.0
I've been a big fan of Lauren Child's Clarice Bean picture books, which demonstrate an excellent understanding of how the eleven-year-old mind works, as well as a quirky, sophisticated sense of humor. They're the kind of books that kids and adults (at least, adults who remember being a kid) will find equally funny. So I was kind of excited to see a novel-length book about Clarice.
Child doesn't disappoint with this one. Clarice Bean joins Ramona Quimby, Judy Moody, and Harriet the Spy in my roll call of favorite weird little fictional girls. My favorite bit, honestly, is how well Child portrays just how neurotic one can be at age eleven -- Clarice has a notebook of WORST WORRIES, such as "WORRY #9: Largish Spiders," "WORRY #2: Strange Things Happening to the Environment," and "WORRY #1: Infinity" (I especially like this one, because I used to worry an awful lot about infinity). But what Clarice really worries about is "THE WORST WORRY, THE WORRY I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO WORRY ABOUT" -- those hideous life events that sneak up on one. Of course, most of Clarice's worries come to naught, but watching her deal with them is both hilarious and rings painfully true.
Child doesn't disappoint with this one. Clarice Bean joins Ramona Quimby, Judy Moody, and Harriet the Spy in my roll call of favorite weird little fictional girls. My favorite bit, honestly, is how well Child portrays just how neurotic one can be at age eleven -- Clarice has a notebook of WORST WORRIES, such as "WORRY #9: Largish Spiders," "WORRY #2: Strange Things Happening to the Environment," and "WORRY #1: Infinity" (I especially like this one, because I used to worry an awful lot about infinity). But what Clarice really worries about is "THE WORST WORRY, THE WORRY I DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO WORRY ABOUT" -- those hideous life events that sneak up on one. Of course, most of Clarice's worries come to naught, but watching her deal with them is both hilarious and rings painfully true.