Recommended for a wide range of ages because of the humor: ages 6-10. This goes in my top ten picture books of the year. Highly, highly recommended for boys, girls, parents and grandparents. Not relegated to the background, these grandparents are unique individuals who simply allow the boys to have the week they want to have rather than pushing them to do more constructive things. The tone is exactly right, the characterizations are spot on, and there is a joyous skip to the entire book.Īdditionally, the grandparents are a welcome pair in children’s books. But what makes this book so stellar is that it perfectly captures modern boys, video games, and friendship. Often the text says one thing while the pictures tell the truth of the situation, which is great fun. Frazee has a great sense of humor that children will immediately appreciate. It isn’t until their final night there that they spend some time outside and discover that it is the best part of their week. They play video games, each lots of banana waffles, and spend most of their time indoors even though the beach is right at their doorstep. The book follows the boys not as they go to camp, but as they return to the house each evening. James and Eamon head to Eamon’s grandparents house at the beach to go to nature camp nearby during the day. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee.
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