Boys Rule Boys Read!: April 2013

Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Boys at the Read to Achieve Club Are Awesome!

Hello, everyone in the blogoverse! The Iron Guy, that truly MANLY MAN, is always on the lookout for guys who love reading. Imagine how happy he was when he came in contact recently with a whole group of rocking and reading boys in the Read to Achieve club at Eastover Elementary School in Charlotte. They are lead by the terrific Mr. Merritt, who let me come over and talk about this blog. And when I was done, guess what--they handed me a bunch of reviews of their favorite books! Whooppee! The Iron Guy is always thrilled when boys tell me about their favorite reads and let me share them with all the other boys out there. So let me stop talking and let you see what these have guys read and liked.

By far, the very most favorite was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney. Four of the twelve boys in the club wrote about it:

Jakobe C

My favorite book was The Third Wheel because I like when he was in his mom stomach it looks funny and it’s by Jeff Kinney and they had funny words. The Main Idea was about chicken pop’s and Greg was trying to impress this girl.

Hotboy

It is about a boy name Gregory Heffley and he wrote the diary in the movies and also he is in middle school. When he was a little Boy he didn’t know what Hecla mean. When he met his brother brother Rodrick a few days after he was born he also figured out how to remove the batteries from the remote. When he was 4 or 5 years old his parents took him out of preschool to skip a grade to kindergarten and he write about when his mom pretty much let him watch whatever he want. That’s all I got bye!

Nathaniel # F16

My favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

This book is good because they have funny words in the book. And some time the book look funny. The book is so funny because they have funny words in the Book.

Zaire

Diary of a Wimpy Kid the third wheel by Jeff Kinney

I like this book because it was funny. When Greg was little he had to share everything with Rodirek

Thanks, guys! All guys like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. And you just proved it!

All right, let's hear what the other guys liked:

Banana Man

Guiness World Record 2013

Hello my name is Trenton (or Banana Man) and the book I want is Guinness World Record 13 by Scholastics.

It’s really about how a person can learn more information on how beating a record and how it’s jaw dropping. I really want this book because it has a lot of pages and there world records which is really awesome.

Izaiah

Of Thee I Sing by Barack Obama

It is about Barack Obama telling kids who they are. And I like this book because it has some nice pictures.

Chicken Master

Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants has a lot of action and excitement. It is also funny. I enjoy Captain underpants. It’s so awesome.

Coco Bird

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Snow Ball

This reminds me last winter that I had a snow cone and a snow ball hit my top snow cone and the snow ball drop down my throat and I froze to death and the old lady swallowed all the animal in the seas and all the crab.

The book that I like is The Cat in the Hat. I like It because he is my favorite and I wanted to be Dr. Seuss.

Shark Boy

My favorite book is Chima. This book is about animals who drink from a lake called chi. I like this book because it is Adventurous and courages lots of battled. Lots of sword clashing electric motorcycles. There is also explosions.

Amondre

My presentation about my favorite book is diary of a wimpy kid: dog days. I think it is funny and entertaining. I never read your books, but least I have a favorite book. I guess I will see you tomorrow, bye!

Jackson

THE SECRET SCIENCE ALLIANCE

Its about three person that Were a Sciencetest. They make Cool thing. When it were thire first day at School. People were bullying them. They didn’t know each other. Then they were going to School a lot. They know each other a lot now. They were Good at Science. The tall man play basketball and the girl was the Smartest girl at School and the little boy was the Smartest boy at School too. So they Team up. They call them the Science Three because they are Good at Science. Thire favorite Subject is Science. They even fight bad guys. They look up for people. They make stuff to fight with. They live in a tree house. They always get A+ on thire Science test. They Study about Science. They make stuff to ride on. They work together with everything.

THANKS, men! Well done! It is SO good to hear from boys about their favorite books. And, as I always say, these books were not chosen by some boring old grownup but by real boys just like YOU!! That makes these books--

GUY TESTED--GUY APPROVED!!

So thanks once again, men,and let me hear from you again. Can't wait!

Here's How Our Blog Works

If you don't know how to post comments or reviews to our blog or if you want to read what we and other boys have written, here's what you do:

1. Every post has a place underneath it that says "Comments". Click on it and it will take you to a place in which you can write something. When you're done, click on a way to identify yourself. You don't have to create a Blogger/Google account (unless you already have one); you can click on "Name/URL" or even "Anonymous." Then click "Publish Your Comment." We try to get your comments and reviews posted right away, but sometimes we get busy with other duties. So, if you don't see your comment right away, don't panic. We'll post it soon.

Don't forget--any boy can get a free book the first time he writes a review. If you live too far away to come to the Myers Park library, go ahead and write to us anyway. We'll try to find a way to get a book to you. Besides, all the other boys out there would love to hear from you.

When you tell us about a book, please give the title, author, what the book is about, and why you did or didn't like it.

2. Blogs go "front to back"; that is, the newest post comes up first and the older ones are put further back. You click on the "Blog Archive" to read older articles. The posts for this month have the titles listed. You can click on other months to catch our other posts. (Our introduction is in June of 2007; if you're new to this blog, you might look it up.)

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4. Did you notice that the posts from last year don't show up month by month as they did before this year? If you click on the triangle next to the previous years, the months will drop down and you can go back and see what we and your fellow readers have written.

The Iron Guy's Review Policy

1. Since the Iron Guy works for the terrific Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, I review only books that the library already has or will get soon.
2. If you are an author or publisher or agent and think you have a book that boys will go crazy over, please leave me a comment (with your email address so I can contact you) under any post. I will look and see if we have the book. If not, and if the book looks good, I will contact Those Who Order Books and see if CML would be interested. (Please note--CML does not usually order self-published books) PLEASE do not just send me a book! I appreciate the offer but but first I want to see if CML has it or will get it soon.