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Post by Kylie90210 on Nov 11, 2008 23:39:26 GMT -5
Please discuss this book here.
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Post by annieb on Dec 15, 2008 18:21:46 GMT -5
I can't remember this book... What did Karen bring for Show and Share?
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tiff85
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Post by tiff85 on Dec 19, 2008 19:57:38 GMT -5
I liked this book and haven't read this in a long time. Karen makes up a story about having a famous relative.
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Post by anzuhana on Oct 3, 2011 18:31:56 GMT -5
I wasn't surprised that Karen lied more to keep her stories together. I also wasn't surprised that Karen was busted for lying though. If you lie long enough, people are going to catch something that doesn't match what you said earlier and that's exactly what happenend when Ricky did some research on Bobby Martinez. It was nice of Ricky to try keep Karen from making another lie by being rude to the senior citizen but I'm not sure if a seven year old would be mature enough to do that. I thought it was nice of Charlie not to ask Karen why he had to be Bobby Martinez and sign the baseball with that name.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Oct 4, 2011 19:48:16 GMT -5
Karen is always lying though. Remember when she made up huge lies in Karen's Pen Pal with Maxie? (and that is only *one* example out of the few).
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supprazz
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Post by supprazz on Oct 9, 2011 3:31:36 GMT -5
Karen's Big Lie.
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Post by zoar3 on Jun 14, 2013 14:47:04 GMT -5
The only thing this book made me think of was the BSC's "All The Children" band and also "The Buddy Barrett Marching Band," a return of either would have been much more interesting to read about than Karen (though I can't blame her) constantly complaining about Andrew's musical noise-making! This is the subplot of Andrew trying out instruments such as the bugle, Tom Tom drums, and finally the Kazoo. The main story honestly didn't do much for me. I did think it was interesting how Ms. Colman divided up her class to make their presentations at Stoneybrook Manor, smart thinking for both the residents and kids. Not too much of a program or waiting at one time, also maybe made the visits for everyone a little more meaningful.
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scrounge
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Post by scrounge on Jun 15, 2013 11:51:41 GMT -5
I think this book suffers from being toward the end of the series. At this point Karen had already told so many lies to her classmates that my sympathy is pretty much zero, and I just kind of think Karen is a brat. I felt bad for Ricky when he spent his own money on a baseball and Karen ruined it with a fake autograph.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 17, 2014 17:57:23 GMT -5
Reread this last night and had the thought of how sweet and also funny it would haven been had Karen called the BSC or even just Kristy and asked them (her) to come up with some type of bad for Andrew. A written there really wasn't much point to the sub-plot. We just constantly heard Karen complaining (I really don't blame her) but was glad she did so privately about the racket Andrew was making. Merry has never endeared herself to me and in this she was annoying. Wonderful she did recognize Andrew's interest in music, it just seemed we read only about her talks with a disgruntled Karen than helping Andrew. I was disappointed that there was not one mention of music exploration done at Andrew's school. I did think Ricky was so sweet to stand up for Karen. The two of them really came across as closer friends in this book which is something we don't always see. Hannie is very observant as she was also the person who knew Karen was copying off Ricky in Karen's Big Lie. I did think Ms. Colman in this book could have helped Karen out a little before the lies kept growing. Not my favorite LS story by any means but a little better this time around.
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Post by Honeybee on Feb 23, 2017 19:31:45 GMT -5
This was okay book.
It was funny, when Ricky caught Karen in a lie. I was laughing, when I read that chapter. Who is this Nanny, Merry? I haven't read book #105. I got little confused, when I read about they're Nanny.
When I was in elementary school. We did show and tell. I don't remember what I show, or what I told. I mostly show new toys or something.
I'll go bananas, if I've hear This Old Man, million times.
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Post by sparklymouse on Feb 23, 2024 15:45:17 GMT -5
I liked that they tried to give Andrew a talent/hobby. It would have been nice if he actually was good at it and took lessons. Yes, the noise is annoying. That’s the complaint that you hear from every parent who ever had a kid in the school band or their own “jam band” in the garage. However, Karen had no empathy for anyone else’s ears when she was playing the TUBA. (This made me remember when my 4th grade music class got recorders and had to learn how to play Hot Cross Buns.)
This Bobby Martinez guy sounded like a MLB super star. He was everywhere. His baseball card should not be a giveaway in a cereal box! I loved Ricky fact-checking Karen with his Superduperstar book. (That sounded like an SNL skit and was most definitely one of those unauthorized biographies.) I particularly liked how Bobby was 26 and Ricky was like “...isn’t Seth older than that?” (What if Lisa was a cougar, Ricky? It happens.) Ricky was super detailed. “You said that he ate 4 pieces of pizza with extra cheese. The book says he is allergic to dairy. What is the truth, Karen?!”
My classes never did show and tell. It was interesting to read about what different kids felt were share-worthy. It ranged from a chunk of lava rock from Mount St. Helens (cool!) to computer art to vacation pictures to clip-on earrings.
One of the last book covers that I read showed pictures of the cursive alphabet hanging up in the classroom. I thought that was odd. Then in this Karen practiced trying to forge Bobby Martinez’s signature, and it is in cursive. I just thought that it was interesting that the class was obviously learning cursive but it was never mentioned that I can recall.
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