Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat

rcratty · Post by **rcratty** » 01 Feb 2015, 21:52

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat (Author, Illustrator)
Gilbert’s teacher has asked the class to write Valentines for each classmates, with "nice" rhymes for each. However Lewis tweaked Gilbert's nose, and Margaret, teased him about his glasses. Gilbert writes, as the title suggests,-not so very nice rhymes. Afraid they’ll be angry he signs Margaret's name to Lewis's Valentine and vice versa. Of course, when neither receives a card signed with Gilbert's name, the identity of the prankster is clear.
Once Margaret and Lewis figure out who gave them the unkind cards neither they nor their friends will have anything to do with Gilbert. Poor Gilbert eats lunch all alone, no one will sit with him and at then at recess, no one will play with him. When he gets back to class, Gilbert solves his own problems by making new cards for Lewis and Margaret and apologizing for his unkindness. The Valentine party begins and Lewis, Margaret and Gilbert are friends again Diane de Groat's charming watercolor art, which features a sweet crew of assorted animals, dressed up in Valentine's Day-appropriate reds and pinks.
****
All of Diane De Groat’s Gilbert and Friends books have uplifting ending and sensible solutions that will open good discussions at home deserving four stars.
• Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane deGroat
• Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire by Diane deGroat
• Ants in Your Pants, Worms in Your Plants!: (Gilbert Goes Green) (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat
• Jingle Bells, Homework Smells by Diane deGroat
• Last One in Is a Rotten Egg! (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat
• Happy Birthday to You, You Belong in a Zoo (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat
• Good Night, Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite! by Diane deGroat
• We Gather Together...Now Please Get Lost! by Diane deGroat
• April Fool! Watch Out at School! by Diane deGroat
• Brand-new Pencils, Brand-new Books (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat
• No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher's Dirty Looks! (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat
• Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet (Mulberry Books) by Diane Degroat
• Mother, You're the Best! (But Sister, You're a Pest!) (Gilbert and Friends) by Diane deGroat

maitdi · Post by **maitdi** » 02 Feb 2015, 16:06

Hello Rcratty. I'm new at this so I'm not quite sure what to say, but I liked your review. You inspired me to know this author who I'm not familiar with. So thanks a lot and when I have the chance I will read some of your recommended books.