Big Nate Flips Out

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I've been purchasing Big Nate books for quite a few years now. My son has to have all the newest Big Nate books. He enjoys these books so much, he reads these books over and over again! This was another book that he was not disappointed with. He enjoys the illustrations as well as the text and will spend hours reading when he gets a new Big Nate book. He also has all the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, which are similar in illustration/text, but he seems to prefer grabbing a Big Nate book off the shelf over the others. In the mornings, he often grabs a few Big Nate books and tosses them in his backpack to read during down-time at school. We have a mixture of hardcover and softcover Big Nate books, but I'd suggest buying the hardcover because, as much use as they will get, they will hold up better over the long term.

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As a general rule, I pooh-pooh "graphic" novels. To me, that's a euphemism for comics (Archie, anyone?) and really, all kids should be reading LITERATURE!!! Enter in one of my twin boys. He's a "reluctant reader" who took to Nate. He begged me to read Nate. Months of procrastination later, I picked on up and was surprised to find that I thought the books were honestly funny and, so long as the parent discusses with the child the meaning of sarcasm, irony and sardonic wit (and how that's all great in a book but NOT GOOD in real life) then the books are not only harmless, but a solidly constructive step towards reading "real" books. I know, readers of my review will be appalled at my literary snobbery. What can I say. I am a wanna-be erudite. So, for "reluctant" readers, especially boys, this would be a relatively benign choice (v. Wimpy Kid which I don't like as much). For any other child, this is a reasonable addition as a funny alternative to literature. These would be good on a family vacation when everyone relaxes with a book in the afternoon. I would say target age is from 7-10ish. My boys are 8 and 10 and loved them.