Why did we need to know Tiffany has "hairy arms"? Unnecessary. Leave it at the things she has control over, like her meanness and tattling.

Note: I received a physical ARC of this book from the publisher at an ALA conference. ( )

This series is great for beginner readers. The characters are retable and well-developed. Some of the characters include a not so nice classmate, a teacher that enforces the rules, and a little girl (the main character) who is extremely anxious about bringing home one of the class pets. On page 53, the main character was trying to talk to the mean girl, Tiffany, while she was hanging upside down on the monkey bars. The text bubble for Tiffany was also upside down, so the reader would have to turn the book upside down to read what the character was saying. I thought this minor detail was clever. It was hard to identify the big idea in the story. The illustrations enhanced the text. The illustrations were simply drawn with light colors. I believe this book was written for entertainment purposes. ( )

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