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My son and I found this title at a Litte Free Library. We really enjoyed the twisty time travel plot — we liked this book more than the first in the series, in fact. However, the writing is extremely dated, with outmoded gender roles and subtly mean humor (e.g. calling someone’s movements ‘spastic’).

This book definitely tickled the funny bone of my 6 year old grandson who is pretty obsessed with superheroes. There is plenty of slapstick humor and adventure, and some clever word plays for adults to enjoy when reading aloud. (One of the characters has a speech problem as a humor device, and that seems like an unnecessary and unkind cheap shot)½

14 months - A thrift store find. A very basic and typical numbers book counting down from 5 to 1. There's not really much to the book and it's just a quick ok read. It will likely return to the thrift store in another year or so.

Quite a good sequel, and the first was enjoyable too. I would definitely recommend to kids about ten, I think. (It's a little hard to judge when so many of the kids I know seem to be reading way above their supposed levels.)

Quite a good sequel, and the first was enjoyable too. I would definitely recommend to kids about ten, I think. (It's a little hard to judge when so many of the kids I know seem to be reading way above their supposed levels.)

This is a fun book. Written in charming verse, it moves animated page by animated page through different nocturnal animals. This book might be beneficial for a child afraid of the dark- especially if that fear is based partly in noises they hear, which can be remedied by blaming them on one of the animals. Definitely a bedtime story (or perhaps a pre-nap story).

I think that this is a very funny and entertaining book. I recommend this book to all people who enjoy a laugh and like a good read.

The first in a three part series (or are more coming?) about a crazy place called Superopolis. Everyone, except the narrator, has a super power that is revealed during childhood. Many powers are pretty useless, and since this book is aimed at boys, lots of the powers are designed to entertain readers. Super smells, for example. Ordinary Boy, the protagonist, is the only person in Superopolis without a power, though the reader quickly realizes that his power is that he's smart. He and his friends go on a hunt for the one trading card they don't have, and while on this quest learn that their hero isn't really such a hero after all. A fun read.

Overall, I planned to give this book 4 starts, but I had to take one away because of the flaw, but more on that later.

Welcome to Superopolis, where everybody is a superhero, and they all have super powers. Well, that's everyone except for one boy who doesn't have any powers, and his name is Ordinary Boy, or O Boy for short. O Boy's favorite Superhero is The Amazing Indestructo, who can't he hurt or killed. When O Boy and his friends (who all have super powers) find out that The Amazing Indestructo is coming out with trading cards, they want to get them all. That leads to the plot of the book. There is just three of a special super secret card, and O Boy and his friends want it. That being said, O Boy and his friends uncover a plot that can spell the end for Superopolis. That's all I really want to say on the plot.

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This book has one major, major flaw. In Children's Literature, it's important that the kids solve the problem. No matter what they face, they, the kids have to solve the issues they face, and not adults. That's pretty much the law. That doesn't happen here. The super hero parents save the day, and that's a major no-no. That's why I had to take a star away, giving it three stars, and not four.

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The writing in this book was okay. At times, it was on the child's level, then at times, the writing was over their heads and the odds are they won't get the jokes.

Overall, it was a pretty good read. If you have kids (esp boys) and you want to get them to read books, and have a life long desire to read, this is a good series to start them off on. They'll get a kick of some of the kids super hero powers.

Like I said, not great, but not bad either. I liked it, and will tell me students about it.

Very nice pictures not the best story. A good book to read to younger children they will like the pictures and the eyes.

Five Little Pumpkins is a cute book that is on a k-1 grade level. The book is a rhyme, and the book is kind of like 5 little monkeys but instead its 5 little pumpkins. This would be a book that i had in my classroom library that my students could read. This would not be a read aloud book. The book is very short and a very easy read. But it is still a cute book.

This book is an example of a fantasy because the fish speaks in the book, and we know that fish cannot speak in real life. To be used in a primary classroom.

A spoofy series.....a boy lives in a land of superheroes and he has no powers....awesome....if you like the adventures of loud boy....a good read....5-8 grades

Ordinary Boy, the only resident of Superopolis without a superpower, uncovers and foils a sinister plot to destroy the town.

While working on a science project for the Spring Science Fair, Ordinary Boy discovers the secret identity of long-lost Superoplis hero Meteor Boy.