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Title: Is He A Girl? (Marvin Redpost 3, paper)
ISBN: 0679819487
Author:
Louis Sachar
Publicate Date: 1993-08-24
Publish: 1993-08-24
List Price: $3.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Funny kid's boo
I teach second grade and used this book as a read-aloud for my class. The students loved this funny book and I will definitely be reading it again next year.
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2: Marvin Redpost is so wierd!
I think you should buy this because there's lots of wierd stuff like when Marvin asked his sister, "Do I look like a girl?" My teacher said, "If you are paying attention you'll giggle." I'm like,"No books make ME giggle." But this one did. But that's just my opinion. By Katie
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3: Dangerous book? Only if missused to impose tolerance
Do not give any credit to the other comment below blathering about what is normal. This is not the first subject of the book. This is a funny book, no doubt about it. Children might laugh reading it.
Nevertheless, it may be shocking for younger children to discover that gender is something one can play with. If you give it to a child, this may raise questions that are rather out of the book itself (social problems, gender identity) which might make parents ill-at-ease. Such a book, funny as it can be, is not for younger children for the questions it raises. Especially if used as a way to impose a supposed to be tolerant behaviour that should not be imposed.
Reading this book is a piece of fun and must remain so, no more than the funny story of a young boy. It should never be used as a way to impose children specific ideas: children have the right to have fun reading, and still keep their right to have their own opinions, even if not the most "modern" of socially fashionable one.
It is only book for children, it must not be more. I rate it only one star because, in a text for children, it raises problems that cannot be truly understood by them. They are too young to understand, yet enough to be imposed opinions and prevented from thinking their own way about such problems.
They are plenty of good books for children of that age, even serious books and not "simple stories for babies". Therefore this one is far from being necessary.
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4: This book is very intresting
Casey sits by Marvin at school. And Casey said if you are a boy and kiss your elbow you will turn into a girl and the same with the girl. Then Marvin had a bad dream and woke up and SCREAMING and his mother, oh I mean "her" mother thought it was Marvin's little sister Linzy but it was Marvin. I am not going to tell you what happened at the end of the book. I really like this book because the ending is so good. You should read it! By Darbi
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5: this book is better then chocolate.
marvin redpost is he a girl is really good and funny! This one girl tells him if he kisses his elbow he will turn into a girl!
If you have heard about the book and the ending it is......
well, I can't tell you the ending sorry! you should read it your self!
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katie
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