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ashylibrarian 's review for:
My Fantabulous Brain: Learning Helps Me Grow!
by Julia Cook
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
**Thank you to NetGalley, author Julia Cook, and the National Center for Youth Issues (IBPA) for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.**
This is a unique and cute story of a young boy who is trying to understand why learning can be difficult at times. Just as Wade is about to give up, his FANTABULOUS brain shows up to better understand how they can work together.
The rhyme scheme in this story is a nice way to make a more difficult topic interesting and engaging to young readers. I also think the illustrations are fun, bright, and interesting to look at.
I am a little worried that the content leaves out the uniqueness of how individuals learn in that the brain comes to Wade and tells him that all he needs to do is use the Brain Toolbox and Brain Trainers to fix his learning. This can seem a bit uninclusive to individuals who learn differently from how the book portrays it. However, I think if the emphasis can be placed more heavily on each individual having their own Brain Toolbox to help them learn best, in whatever form that may look like, that could really improve the inclusiveness of this story.
Overall, this is a cute read about a topic that many youths seem to struggle with, and it is written in such a way to make the story informative yet still silly.
This is a unique and cute story of a young boy who is trying to understand why learning can be difficult at times. Just as Wade is about to give up, his FANTABULOUS brain shows up to better understand how they can work together.
The rhyme scheme in this story is a nice way to make a more difficult topic interesting and engaging to young readers. I also think the illustrations are fun, bright, and interesting to look at.
I am a little worried that the content leaves out the uniqueness of how individuals learn in that the brain comes to Wade and tells him that all he needs to do is use the Brain Toolbox and Brain Trainers to fix his learning. This can seem a bit uninclusive to individuals who learn differently from how the book portrays it. However, I think if the emphasis can be placed more heavily on each individual having their own Brain Toolbox to help them learn best, in whatever form that may look like, that could really improve the inclusiveness of this story.
Overall, this is a cute read about a topic that many youths seem to struggle with, and it is written in such a way to make the story informative yet still silly.