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eveak's review
4.0
So Lulu is sassy and annoying but I also found her quite funny and redeeming in some ways. The Brontosaurus is brilliant and a good role model for Lulu. I like the premise and style of this book. It will be fun to reread with the kiddo when he is bigger to get his take.
leskit's review
5.0
I've been aware of the Lulu books for years but never read one all the way through. I just finished reading this to a 3rd grade class and oh boy did we all love it! Great fun to read out loud. I hope the tantrum thrower in the class learned something.
ris_stitches's review
5.0
Saw this in the store and being that we are all big Judith Viorst fans from way back (the Alexander books were my favorites as a child) I just had to get it for E for Christmas. She is really into "chapter books" now and this was the perfect blend of a longer story in chapters with a couple illustrations. We both really enjoyed it. The story is amusing and the illustrations are great.
nina_rod's review
5.0
There needs to be more books like Lulu and the Brontosaurus in this world. It was such a gem.
My son's third grade teacher read it aloud in school and my son borrowed it from his school library and brought it home. He told me I must read this to his 1st grade sister since he said she will love it. That's never happened before, so I got right to it. The book is about bratty Lulu who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Lulu is just about as bratty as his sister, which we pointed out to her. Lulu even throws tantrums the same, which we pointed out mid-tantrum. My daughter wanted to ignore us and didn't want to admit she actually liked the book on principle.
Slight atheist themes in this book. For example Viorst as the author is the narrator too. She says she knows that people and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time, but it's her book so overlook that. That had me thinking it was an inadvertent slam against those who do and let it go. But when Lulu met a talking snake in the forest and Viorst wrote, I know there are no such things as talking snakes, I began to wonder if Viorst had an ideological agenda to this book.
My son's third grade teacher read it aloud in school and my son borrowed it from his school library and brought it home. He told me I must read this to his 1st grade sister since he said she will love it. That's never happened before, so I got right to it. The book is about bratty Lulu who wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. Lulu is just about as bratty as his sister, which we pointed out to her. Lulu even throws tantrums the same, which we pointed out mid-tantrum. My daughter wanted to ignore us and didn't want to admit she actually liked the book on principle.
Slight atheist themes in this book. For example Viorst as the author is the narrator too. She says she knows that people and dinosaurs didn't live at the same time, but it's her book so overlook that. That had me thinking it was an inadvertent slam against those who do and let it go. But when Lulu met a talking snake in the forest and Viorst wrote, I know there are no such things as talking snakes, I began to wonder if Viorst had an ideological agenda to this book.
tawntawn's review
4.0
This is a chapter book, but the chapters are very short and we ended up reading it in two sittings. Story and illustrations were fun and clever. Kids loved it.
adeleon's review
4.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book was about a little girl who could be considered spoiled. For her birthday, she demanded a pet Brontosaurus, and when her parents said no (for nearly the first time) she threw a fit. She set off into the nearby forest to find her pet Brontosaurus for herself. She encountered many animals along the way that wanted to harm her, but she bullied her way through them until she found her pet. Unbeknownst to her, the Brontosaurus wanted to make her his pet! She eventually escaped from him, apologized to the animals she bullied, and apologized to her parents She and the Brontosaurus became good friends, and she learned to not be so spoiled.
I would highly recommend this book as it took a twist I wasn’t expecting. Like most children’s books, I was expecting some sort of lesson to be learned, and it was quickly apparent that the lesson was about accepting “no” for an answer. I wasn’t expecting the dinosaur to also want Lulu as a pet, or keeping her against her will, forcing her to escape. I also didn’t expect her to befriend the animals she had bullied earlier. I enjoyed that there were multiple endings (three, I believe), and that the author clearly had fun writing this.
This book was about a little girl who could be considered spoiled. For her birthday, she demanded a pet Brontosaurus, and when her parents said no (for nearly the first time) she threw a fit. She set off into the nearby forest to find her pet Brontosaurus for herself. She encountered many animals along the way that wanted to harm her, but she bullied her way through them until she found her pet. Unbeknownst to her, the Brontosaurus wanted to make her his pet! She eventually escaped from him, apologized to the animals she bullied, and apologized to her parents She and the Brontosaurus became good friends, and she learned to not be so spoiled.
I would highly recommend this book as it took a twist I wasn’t expecting. Like most children’s books, I was expecting some sort of lesson to be learned, and it was quickly apparent that the lesson was about accepting “no” for an answer. I wasn’t expecting the dinosaur to also want Lulu as a pet, or keeping her against her will, forcing her to escape. I also didn’t expect her to befriend the animals she had bullied earlier. I enjoyed that there were multiple endings (three, I believe), and that the author clearly had fun writing this.
smarquardt9's review
5.0
I loved the voice in this book! This would make a wonderful read aloud or mentor text.
courtandspark's review
5.0
Really enjoyed this. Fun song, alternative endings (Isaac liked all the endings, Ben and I were fond of #2) and a brontosaurus.
carolynaugustyn's review
2.0
This is the story of a spoiled child, Lulu, who is used to getting everything she wants from her parents. So when she is told they can't get her a brontosaurus for her birthday, she freaks out and then goes to secure her dinosaur on her own. This was a cute idea for a book but I found Lulu to be completely awful and I didn't want to continue on, she annoyed me that much. This is a nice kid's book and would be fun for a kid to read but I couldn't stand Lulu so this was just ok for me.
molly_benevides's review
4.0
Really fun to read, would make a great read-aloud. Illustrations reminded me of "My Father's Dragon."