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I have rarely seen a 1 out of 4 stars review since joining the club, so I just had to read what such a review would be like. I have not read the book so I can not say whether it is a fair rating. It would be interesting to know what was the target age group for the book.
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I enjoy reading chuldren's literature too. The storyline of this book is interesting but too bad for the errors. I will only add this to my tbr list after rounds of editing on this book.
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Bookmermaid wrote: 24 Aug 2018, 19:03 I have rarely seen a 1 out of 4 stars review since joining the club, so I just had to read what such a review would be like. I have not read the book so I can not say whether it is a fair rating. It would be interesting to know what was the target age group for the book.
I've recently read a few other 1 out of 4 ratings. I think it's hard for any reviewer, myself included, to give the lowest rating. However, the guidelines stress honesty. Regardless of the targeted age group, the book has too many errors.
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ParadoxicalWoman wrote: 24 Aug 2018, 20:33 I enjoy reading chuldren's literature too. The storyline of this book is interesting but too bad for the errors. I will only add this to my tbr list after rounds of editing on this book.
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Oh dear. A word misspelt over twenty times in a short children's book? I do hope the author can remedy these errors and get better illustrations for the book. Thanks for your warning. I will stay away! Cheers!
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CambaReviewer wrote: 25 Aug 2018, 12:01 Oh dear. A word misspelt over twenty times in a short children's book? I do hope the author can remedy these errors and get better illustrations for the book. Thanks for your warning. I will stay away! Cheers!
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What a shame! I love the idea of a book about sibling bugs... there should be more children's stories about the importance of sibling friendship. But this one sounds like it just hasn't even tried (22 times!).
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Excellent review Cecilia. I agree, children's books are always a pleasure to read. I'm sorry this book didn't work for you. I don't understand why some authors use unusual formatting in their book. Text over photos? Bold print? They serve no purpose in my opinion.
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Julie Green wrote: 26 Aug 2018, 04:33 What a shame! I love the idea of a book about sibling bugs... there should be more children's stories about the importance of sibling friendship. But this one sounds like it just hasn't even tried (22 times!).
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Fuzaila wrote: 26 Aug 2018, 07:35 Excellent review Cecilia. I agree, children's books are always a pleasure to read. I'm sorry this book didn't work for you. I don't understand why some authors use unusual formatting in their book. Text over photos? Bold print? They serve no purpose in my opinion.
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This sounds like a cute book, but it really is a shame that there are so many errors in it. I would have to skip based on so many errors. Hopefully in the future the author will get books professionally edited.
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mac83 wrote: 26 Aug 2018, 14:05 This sounds like a cute book, but it really is a shame that there are so many errors in it. I would have to skip based on so many errors. Hopefully in the future the author will get books professionally edited.
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I agree with you completely. Grammar, formatting, punctuation - all these need to be more important in a children's book. It doesn't sound like something I would recommend, so I'm going to avoid this one. Thanks for persevering, though.
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kandscreeley wrote: 27 Aug 2018, 11:51 I agree with you completely. Grammar, formatting, punctuation - all these need to be more important in a children's book. It doesn't sound like something I would recommend, so I'm going to avoid this one. Thanks for persevering, though.
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A real shame that there were so many errors! I don't think I could manage to get through a book with so many mistakes. What's a real bummer is that children are meant to read this book. It's not good for their English development to read a book with errors like that. We learn so much about our language from the books we read. This could confuse children on spelling and grammar usage.
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