A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
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Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA -- School Library Journal, 3/12/2008
From SLJ March 2008
FRAZEE, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. illus. by author. unpaged. CIP. Harcourt. Mar. 2008. RTE $16. ISBN 978-0-15-206020-6. LC 2006025781.
PreS-K–James and Eamon spend a week at Eamon’s grandparents’ beach house. The boys go to nature camp during the day and delight Bill and Pam (the grandparents) at night with their antics. Bill makes an earnest attempt to interest the young boys in his own hobby–studying Antarctica and penguins. He wears a penguin shirt and brings out maps and globes, but it appears that James and Eamon are not listening. Frazee brings out the typical energy of a couple of boys who may scoff at nature and seem to prefer watching TV, but it is through her artful illustrations that readers catch glimpses of just how savvy and creative these kids can be. The youngsters’ circular cartoon faces are distinguishable only because of their small tufts of hair–one curly, the other straight. Endpapers depict a humorous variety of drawn photos that could have been taken during the week. A penguin craft is explained on the final end flap. This intergenerational story will elicit howls of laughter and requests for repeated readings.
