ook and gluk kung fu cavemen from the future

The spelling and grammar errors were irksome but I got used to it and realize they made the book easier to read. Myself, I have to admit, it was funny and silly. He was thrilled to see the page that said another Ook and Gluk book would be coming soon. My son absolutely loved this book! Thought it was hilarious, loved the 'flip-o-rama' pages and it is probably his favourite book *ever* right now. Every morning when we started our routine, he would say 'I can't wait to read my book!' You don't know what music that was to this readaholic mum's ears! I usually give him a break from reading from his reader on Fridays, as he reads a story from an easy reader Bible that day but he was so upset to find 'Ook and Gluk' missing that first Friday that he stormed off to get the book and happily read twice on Fridays from then on, without even thinking it was a chore! So I gave him the book, and while he did need a lot of help, he *could* read much of the book and LOVED the story. Here was a book, a thick book, with chapters, that was aimed at his age group that might actually excite him about reading. My son is autistic with several learning disabilities and at this point is reading easy readers. Wait a minute, *I* have a 10yo boy! Then I began to actually read the text and realized my 10 yo son would be able to read a good portion of this book. I thought the story was silly (stupid, even) but then told myself the book is for 10yo boys not *ahem*yo mothers the boys would love it. It's the same thing, to me.īut I have to admit, publicly, here and now, that I WAS WRONG about Dav Pilkey! At first glance through this book, I cringed at the purposeful spelling and grammar errors. My response to that has always been: You don't hand a child who won't eat his vegetables a box of cookies and say 'At least they're eating!'. will say about a child who consistently reads books with little to no literary merit is 'At least they're reading!'. One of the things that has always irritated me to no end is when parents, teachers, librarians, etc. I admit I do have certain la-di-da standards when it comes to what books I allow to pass through my children's hands and yes, you could call me a 'book snob' in that sense. Neither I nor my children (up to 21 yo) have ever read a Dav Pilkey book and there has been a reason for that.

I was not entirely impressed, I'm sorry to say. I received this book as an *extra* from Scholastic, along with one I had requested to review.

Reason for Reading: My ds read aloud to me as his reader.

Ook and gluk kung fu cavemen from the future