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Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads or Amazon?
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Terrible characterization. Blue Horse? What the heck is that!? The plot is monotonous and dull. And the ending…a montage of scenes from the book, and not even a good one! The only thing I can say in its favor is that you can probably get through it in a couple of days.
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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It’s gotta be Brown Bear, Brown Beae, but for a realllly slow reader?
I’m hoping that this was a sarcastic review. When are we going to get a sarcasm font?