WORST CHILDREN'S BOOK EVER -- BAD MESSAGES AND POOR WRITING!
927630
Typically the children's books involving monsters have some amicable resolution where the monster is silly, or harmless, or misunderstood -- not this horrible tome.  The messages it leaves with your child are 1) Monsters are everywhere, no matter what your parents say, and are out to get you; and 2) Violence, particularly a martial art in this case, is really the only way to solve your problems. The author must not have children, but if he does, I'd rather they kept away from mine!  To compound the poor missive, there are also frightening illustrations -- not suitable for children!  I highly recommend that you avoid this poorly written, amatuerishly illustrated book and let your little ones avoid a few nightmares!
1517546
We are so disappointed with this new book! All the other books had crude humour, but this one tossed in homosexuality & gay marriage which is not age appropriate! It is pretty cowardly to sneak that into a children's book!
3293540
I was assigned to read this book for English class and it is HORRIBLE. The plot is low stakes while the writing is horrific. No description is given for the area around Max, and for the sake of "realism" it sounds like a mental disabled person is writing their ideas looking back. Now I know that's what happening in the story, but it makes it painful to read. The grammar is deplorable and important details and advents are simply brushed over. If this book is assigned to children in any form, it should be to teach them what bad writing is.

==Spoilers Below===

Now here are my specific gripes about the story:

It poorly addresses the idea of acceptance among our differences. Max's relation with school and Kevin's relationship with physical activities are not shown well. If you want a book like that, I recommend you read Wonder.

The main plot of Max's father kidnapping him is resolved too quickly. Kevin just pops up and saves Max. I suppose the same advents could be executed well, but Max's misunderstanding of the world leads me confused and the plot rushed.

Kevin's death comes completely out of nowhere. The reader knows nothing about it, nor does Kevin even get a touching goodby with Max. The story is too rushed and blurry, preventing you from really connecting with the characters.
837267
Not sure why these books are so highly rated. I really have a problem with the poor grammar and sassy attitude. In the first chapter of one of the books, the girls refer to a "bestest friend", a "richie nanna" and call a person a "loser." The idea that kids need this in order to get into reading does not make sense -- there are plenty of other chapter books that kids of all kinds love that do not use this style of writing. Children who make mistakes when speaking, like using the wrong tense, do not need books that mimic that mistake in order to feel comfortable. Adults do not speak to children in that way.
327205
The trend of celebrities penning books for children reaches its nadir with this one. There is nothing funny or interesting or the least bit intriguing about this book. I thought as an adult, maybe I'm out of the loop. Let me show it to some kids. So I did. And they hated it!

Jay Leno can't make adults laugh, let alone children. The book is also in bad taste. Some of the jokes here woujld be offensive to children with their innuendo. What in the world were they thinking when they published this?

I wish I could give it zero stars!
4042621
The message of this book is terrible. I understand that it's for 1-4 years olds but it's negative in a time when kids are learning about new things. I've rarely been moved enough to write a review for anything, let alone, a kids book, but this one is bad. So I'm sending it back. Ironic eh?
2962473
I took a look at this book, Boogedyman, out of curiosity, after reading a post by the author on Facebook. The writing here is almost astonishingly bad. Honestly, I've known fourth graders who write better than this. Another reviewer states that this book is in some school libraries. I sure hope that's not true. I'd hate to think that young people are being subjected to this drivel.

This book is a prime example of how the growing self-publishing market has made it possibe for anyone to be published, no matter how bad their writing and ridiculous their stories.

I wish there were a way I could give it zero stars.
808135
I read one review that said this book is written from a mean and unfriendly point of view. Because of the high rating, I ignored the review but I wish I hadn't. This book basically teaches children not to be a tattletale (the books choice of words) because children will tease you , call you names, and won't ask you to play. In the book it says that Madeline's brother doesnt even like her because she tattles!! This is a horrible way to teach children not to tell when its not needed. In the story Madeline is being teased on the playground and the kids won't let her play. She runs to tell the teacher, who makes a T sign with her hands that reminds her not to tattle. Well, I am a teacher and if one of my first graders is being teased or not allowed to play I want to know! As teachers we must educate kids and help with social skills as well! This book is so horrible save your money. I cant believe it was written by a person that conducts parent and teacher workshops!
3066348
The book is poorly written and sometimes silly.  Moreover, it includes slang.  I don't want my 4 year old grandson reading a book with the word "cool" in a chapter title and the word cool used throughout the text.  Highly educated parents and grandparents will not want their children reading junk like this.  I expected more from National Geographic. Moreover it is not "just right for kids who are beginning to read on their own."  The publisher and author seem oblivious to phonics.
1924028
My 6 yo hated it.  Really awful.  This book should not be sold!
2111848
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!  I struggled through 3 pages of the worst written book I have ever had the displeasure of reading. The only use one can get out of this book would be to practice editing skills.  Not only was the grammar absolutely horrible, but the information ranges from nonsensical to misleading, there are numerous spelling mistakes and word omissions, and the language is substandard.  If my middle-school student handed in this piece of writing, she would receive an F!
4447464
The "Sisters in Time" are children's books with an agenda; to promote the authors' religious point of view.  Which is fine, as long as the reader is not expecting an accurate version of historical events. More importantly, the writing is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.  You would have to go a long way to find books more poorly written.
Even the American Girl series (not noted for its literary quality) is better than this collection.

One star is generous.  If I could give a quarter of a star, I would.
3603186
I got this book free through Kindle. If I had paid for it, I would be very upset. Although it claims to be written for kids, it is not written in a way that is interesting or understandable for children (or for me). The illustrations don't usually show what is written - for example an illustration of the heart is labeled with parts that aren't discussed, and the parts that are discussed aren't labelled. It uses words that are very difficult for children to understand, and the writing style is dry and difficult to follow. A great disappointment of a book.
3513303
I have never written any book review on amazon but I feel so strongly about writing this one! My daughter got the Junie b. jones books from school. She already had read 2 and when she got the third one I decided to read with her. It was absolutely horrifying to realize that this book was FULL of grammatical mistakes. I couldn't believe it. And as others have pointed out, Junie is a very rude girl and the language of the book is just so not appropriate. It is definitely the wrong kind of books for a 6 years old to read so I had to tell my daughter to please stop reading this series. I think I am going to talk to the school about it.
406898
My 9-year-old son got a book as a gift exchange from Xmas and he really loved it.  So I went and got him 5 books of this series.  After a month, I began getting teacher's complaint that he draws comic using bad words like moron/sucker and at 1 evening, he even calls his sister w similar foul language. I was totally shocked and after he told me he learned them from the series, these books are in a trash.

I cannot believe that these kinda languages are allowed in books young or teenagers.  A lesson learned.

It's a shame for the author to even write such books and for me, I would be much ashamed to read and vote 4-5 stars :(.
1518102
I ordered this book because my grandson loves horses and is having trouble with reading.  I thought this would be a great book for him to practice his reading.  I was so disappointed when the book arrived. The packaging was fine but the text was terrible.  The stories were disjointed and made no sense.  I would not recommend this book to anyone.  I could have returned the book for a refund but chose to keep it and use it as an example of the worst writing I have ever read in a published book.
2495610
I would give this zero stars!  A total waste of money and time.

The first one in the series was a little tepid, but the writing wasn't too bad.  This book is one of the most awful examples of writing I've seen in a long time.  Tedious and rambling, it is sophomoric at best.  If you like reading something written at a third grade level, this book is for you.  There is no plot development, no character development and no real attempt at conversation between characters; and what little there is, is so unrealistic, it made my head hurt.  I had to quit reading, it was so bad.  My advice; run away!