http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/06/29/review.childrens.books/index.htmlHe's a cute little guy, and a pretty good book reviewer too.. read the reviews..:)
here's one:
A child looks at (more) children's books
Our 6-year-old critic reviews some recent releases
By Andrew Oglesby (age 6)
For CNN
Thursday, June 29, 2006; Posted: 12:12 p.m. EDT (16:12 GMT)
(CNN) -- Children's books don't always engage the audience they're intended for, which is why we asked 6-year-old Andrew Oglesby, son of CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby, to review a selection of books for young readers.
In his
last set of reviews, Andrew was excited by pill bugs and frightened squirrels, but not quite as entertained by poems about the planet.
As a voracious reader, he was willing to take on another stack of literary efforts. Here are his edited thoughts.
'John, Paul, George & Ben'
By Lane Smith
Hyperion Books for Children
36 pages, $16.99
This book is about presidents, leaders and generals when they were boys and what character trait they had -- smart, independent, honest, things like that. It says things about their character and where they lived, and I liked that part. But I don't exactly know what war they are talking about.
The real funny part was about the noisy one, Paul
, how he was shouting so loud about the pretty big underwear. It was funny how that woman was mad. She must have been embarrassed. He was so loud when he screamed that the "Redcoats are coming!" And the noisy one reminded me of Beethoven because Paul had problems with his ears from ringing the bells, and Beethoven was deaf.
The bold one was John . The funny thing about him was how he writes so big. When he was writing on the chalkboard his name almost filled up all the space, and when he was a grownup he just kept on writing that way.
This book was so goofy. The author made lots of stuff up. The honest one, who was George , why would he cut down every single tree in the apple orchard? Chop. Chop. Chop. No one could cut down that many trees in that much time. And when someone has been in too much noise, they don't get wobbly eyes like Paul.
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