00000767

Gaaaa!! I had bought two of these at a yard sale- and had read one to my 5 year old son and was really irritated by how mean the kids were to each other in it. Well, I had obviously forgotten because I decided to pull this other one out to read to my kids for Valentine's Day. My kids would absolutely NEVER get away with talking to each other the way this brother and sister talk to each other. I was just editing as I went. There was seriously like a two page argument between these kids I just completely skipped.
They wanted us to feel bad for Freddy because there was a class bully who teased them and chased them. But then Freddy and his best friends would talk and laugh and say horrible things about this other girl in their class. I hated Freddy just as much as I hated the class bully.
Why would someone write a character like this?! I don't want my kids thinking that it is normal to just call each other names, make fun of kids behind their backs!
Never again. There are about sixty billion better things to read out there. ( )