I was hoping the Boy Who Wouldn't Share would send a much better message than I found when I read this book. The boy in the book, Edward, has many toys. TOO MANY TOYS! And even though he has more than enough toys, he refuses to share them with his little sister. He is practically taken hostage by all of his toys and is trapped in the middle when his mother comes in with fudge. She doesn't see him and gives it all to his sister. Edward of course wants to have his cake and eat it too. The sister ends up giving fudge to Edward and he starts to share toys. Edward only shares if he gets something in return. Not a great message if you ask me and this book will go happily back to the library, never to surface in the Hines household again.I am the Library Media Specialist at Parkwood! This blog is to track my reading for both children and young adult literature so my young readers will have a few ideas of books to check out from the library!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
The Boy Who Wouldn't Share
I was hoping the Boy Who Wouldn't Share would send a much better message than I found when I read this book. The boy in the book, Edward, has many toys. TOO MANY TOYS! And even though he has more than enough toys, he refuses to share them with his little sister. He is practically taken hostage by all of his toys and is trapped in the middle when his mother comes in with fudge. She doesn't see him and gives it all to his sister. Edward of course wants to have his cake and eat it too. The sister ends up giving fudge to Edward and he starts to share toys. Edward only shares if he gets something in return. Not a great message if you ask me and this book will go happily back to the library, never to surface in the Hines household again.
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