notanotherbookreview

Multicultural Children's Book Day passed my reviewer info to Gea Meijering, author of  a useful amusing book about Kees, a kid who can't write two pages in four hours. His best friend, Pete, knocks out his essay in a half hour and is ready for outside fun and games, pranks and adventures. Pete and him are a team! In 4th grade, they had to make a paper mache volcano. Kees made the volcano and Pete wrote the journal. But in 5th, last year in elementary school, there's more writing to be done "separately". Kees knows he's falling behind in his classes. He dreads being called-on to read. He tries to decipher a paragraph two pages ahead, and hopes for a picture to help him make sense, but then stutters amid laughter, though there's Pete's encouraging "thumbs up." Dyslexia is the issue. The two friends have fun doing what they do best, that's not sitting in class. Kees knows he can build things, figure out ways to navigate his issue, like weari...