Flip’s Fantastic Journal
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Meet Flip. He has to write in his journal every day. His teacher says so. But he is having a boring day. Then he remembers that his teacher said he can write about what really happens, or he can make something up! In no time at all, Flip's imagination and his crayons are running wild. His make-believe day is full of adventure and excitement. Now Flip LOVES to write! And you will too.
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This far-from-fantastic mock journal is a transparent--and unconvincing--effort to persuade kids that writing is fun. Hand-lettered on lined pages with cartoons that imitate a child's style, the book presents itself as the journal that Flip's teacher assigns him to keep. The first half represents the ho-hum life Flip (an anthropomorphized dog) leads (e.g., his sister wakes him up on Saturday morning when he tries to sleep in, his friend has to baby-sit and can't play, etc.); in the second half, he decides to make up stories instead of dutifully recording his day, and the cartoons turn from black-and-white to color. Unfortunately, his make-believe day is a predictable hodge-podge of wish fulfillment: he can run faster than his sister; he finds "a zillion dollars" and uses it to buy "candy, pizza and soda pop." DeCesare (Anthony the Perfect Monster) has a few amusing lines, as when the newly inspired Flip vows, "I will use my imagination. I will use my brain. I will use my sister's markers." But most readers will find Flip's life pretty trite and question whether his teacher would really say his journal is "great." Ages 6-9.
