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Five more stories about the irrepressible Quigleys (and including a surprise guest appearance from the next-door neighbor’s cat, Fatbrain). Will makes a huge effort to get on with the sullen Robinson Potts, an unwelcome visitor on the family’s weekend away. Lucy desperately hopes that her birthday party will occur without mishap even though Dad is promising to make it an event to remember. And Mum gets stuck on the roof–with Fatbrain.
These hilarous stories about ordinary family life are perfect for reading aloud as well as for newly independent readers to read by themselves.
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Grade 2-4-Each member of the Quigley family is highlighted in one of four short chapters, with a fifth story about a neighbor's cat. Dad's Big Toe chronicles a nail polish fiasco; Lucy's Big Day shows how even the worst birthday party can be memorable. In Will's Big Effort, Mum invites a sick friend's unpleasant son to spend the weekend. Finally, the family goes to a fair where the fast and wild rides are no fun for her. Young readers may have trouble getting past the heavy British vocabulary; not many kids opt to play pass the parcel, make moustaches from a goat-skin purse, have ever eaten a chessboard sandwich, or would vote for rock-pooling. The chapter on Lucy's birthday party is totally unbelievable and goes on for too long. A marginal purchase.
-Cheryl Ashton, Amherst Public Library, OH
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Gr. 3-5. Sometimes compared with Beverly Cleary's Quimby family novels, the episodic adventures of the Quigleys continue in the fourth book of this British series. From the lead-off tale in which Lucy paints her sleeping father's toenails "purple and sparkly" to the last story, in which the neighbors' cat outsmarts the Quigleys, the book offers a wry, comical look at the human condition. Stephens' lively line drawings amplify the fun. A treat for independent readers new to full-length chapter books, this amusing book is also a fine choice for reading aloud. Carolyn Phelan
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