Comments on: Review of the Day- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/ A School Library Journal Blog Tue, 21 May 2013 17:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michelle http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-876426 Michelle Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:27:23 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-876426 We LOVE Alvin! My son who is quite a bit like Alvin adored these books. Before we found these books he would actually use the phrase "I'm allergic to..." (homemade pizza, basketballs, etc...) to get out of doing things, so we were hooked just by reading the title. He loved Alvin's honesty and his ability to own his fears and related to having a silly sister like Alvin's. He read these in Kindergarten and is in second grade now and still will bring up things he remembers randomly from one of the Alvin Ho books. We LOVE Alvin! My son who is quite a bit like Alvin adored these books. Before we found these books he would actually use the phrase “I’m allergic to…” (homemade pizza, basketballs, etc…) to get out of doing things, so we were hooked just by reading the title. He loved Alvin’s honesty and his ability to own his fears and related to having a silly sister like Alvin’s. He read these in Kindergarten and is in second grade now and still will bring up things he remembers randomly from one of the Alvin Ho books.

]]> By: Module 7 – The Penderwicks & Alvin Ho « Amanda's SLIS 5420 Blog http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-680176 Module 7 – The Penderwicks & Alvin Ho « Amanda's SLIS 5420 Blog Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:03:44 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-680176 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: 5M4BJen http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10102 5M4BJen Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:05:08 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10102 My first child, a girl, has read through every genre already. My second is a son, in K, an early reader, so this is timely, and I've been thinking of it. Of course Magic Treehouse features a boy and a girl, and I also thought of Johanna Hurtwitz's early readers that feature some boys or boy/girl combos. My first child, a girl, has read through every genre already. My second is a son, in K, an early reader, so this is timely, and I’ve been thinking of it.

Of course Magic Treehouse features a boy and a girl, and I also thought of Johanna Hurtwitz’s early readers that feature some boys or boy/girl combos.

]]> By: sodagirl http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10103 sodagirl Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:33:05 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10103 it is a really good book and i am not surprised it is a 2009-2010 bluebonnet book nominee it is a really good book and i am not surprised it is a 2009-2010 bluebonnet book nominee

]]> By: Alys http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10104 Alys Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:35:35 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2008/07/28/review-of-the-day-alvin-ho-allergic-to-girls-school-and-other-scary-things-by-lenore-look/#comment-10104 Do you know what I find a scary thought: many of today's kids, and certainly most of those in the future, will be reacting to references to chicken pox the way I used to react to references to mumps when I was a child. IE, with a vague awareness that "that used to be a sickness kids got" and then dismissing it as "used to be". None of the under-12's I know have ever had the chicken pox, because most of them have had the vaccine. (At least in my part of MA, it's a school-attending requirement.) Looks like a good book though, I ordered it just yesterday, and now I'm doubly glad. Do you know what I find a scary thought: many of today’s kids, and certainly most of those in the future, will be reacting to references to chicken pox the way I used to react to references to mumps when I was a child. IE, with a vague awareness that “that used to be a sickness kids got” and then dismissing it as “used to be”. None of the under-12′s I know have ever had the chicken pox, because most of them have had the vaccine. (At least in my part of MA, it’s a school-attending requirement.)

Looks like a good book though, I ordered it just yesterday, and now I’m doubly glad.

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