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gracepizza40's review against another edition
I don't like it.
Raina's comic infuriated me. What kind of example is stomping on a bee (killing it) so you could pet it? Bees are crucial to our world. Without them, we would die. So the fact that young Raina just stomped on it was really careless and stupid. I know she was just a kid, but come on, not a good example for kids- it just teaches them to be scared of bees and not respect them.
The period one was not great, I wish it better represented periods and people with them. :/
I hated Lisa Graff's Over and Out. Why did they have to act like that...
The zodiac one was a terrible representation of the Chinese Zodiac.
I don't recommend this book to anyone I wouldn't have enjoyed this as a kid either.
Raina's comic infuriated me. What kind of example is stomping on a bee (killing it) so you could pet it? Bees are crucial to our world. Without them, we would die. So the fact that young Raina just stomped on it was really careless and stupid. I know she was just a kid, but come on, not a good example for kids- it just teaches them to be scared of bees and not respect them.
The period one was not great, I wish it better represented periods and people with them. :/
I hated Lisa Graff's Over and Out. Why did they have to act like that...
The zodiac one was a terrible representation of the Chinese Zodiac.
I don't recommend this book to anyone I wouldn't have enjoyed this as a kid either.
cmorrisclark's review against another edition
2.0
I really wanted to like this more because I really love some of the authors, like CeCe Bell. But most of the little vignettes just didn't hit home for me. I know I'm not exactly the target audience, but I've enjoyed other middle grade works. I had my 8 year old read some selected works (the ones I thought she'd most enjoy), and no guffaws from her either.
Bummer!
Bummer!
lspare's review against another edition
4.0
It made me chuckle and I’ll probably give it to my 10 year old to read also. Some of the stories are more kid humor than adult humor, but if you keep that in mind it’s fine.
nssutton's review against another edition
3.0
It took me a while to get to this one, but when a kid nervously whispers to you upon returning it, "There's a story about periods in here," you say, hmm, I should probably move that up on my queue. It's not quite what I had hoped for, in a way that feels almost wrong of me to admit. Based on reviews, author list, and story formats, I've recommended it to our 3rd-5th reluctant readers, but really it's for our 4th and 5th graders with more than one toe into puberty. It's going to be a fine line recommendation wise - some of the girls who have read it were mortified when I told them I was going to read it, as if I too wasn't once this age and thirsty for stories about making those more unpleasant parts of "becoming a woman" normalized and okay (hello "A Public Service Announcement About Your Period from Sarah T. Wrigley, Age 12 3/4"). How to Play Imaginary Games was like my exact childhood, whenever I wasn't reading.
alay13's review
4.0
Uneven, as just about any short story anthology is, but mostly these stories were smart AND funny.
inliterarylove's review against another edition
5.0
Laugh out loud funny, reading with my daughter. A favorite was the letter writing between Trixie and her grandpa. We absolutely loved this book.
yapha's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know if these were the funniest stories ever, but several of them did make me laugh out loud. A great mix of fiction and non-fiction, including some comics, by an all-star cast of women. Recommended for grades 4 & up.
crizzle's review against another edition
3.0
I picked this out for Moo at the library because I noticed our favorite graphic novelists -RAINA TELGEMEIER (squeeeeeeeal!!!) and Cece Bell! I would definitely recommend this for 5th - 7th grade girls. For me, the best part of the book was the intro by the editor, Betsy Bird, who recounts her middle school invisible ninja skills until the day in which she realizes her true super power - humor - and encourages girls to laugh at themselves and their situation instead of becoming humiliated and letting it have power over them. Reminds me of that verse in Proverbs, "she can laugh at the days to come."
abigailbat's review against another edition
3.0
I appreciate the diversity in this collection of funny short stories (and comics, mad libs, etc.) by female authors. Although this collection was written to entertain and to highlight funny females, there is also a strong message about girls having self-confidence and being positive about their bodies. "Funny" is hard for me to judge, but there's a little something for everyone in here. (Due out in May!)