The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon

The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon is a great chapter book for children who are comfortable reading independently. It is also a fun book to read aloud to children in early/mid elementary as it has a number of humorous words and situations. There were a number of things that I liked about the book. I love the ironic names and style of writing that Thaler uses. He also purposefully misspells words that a young child might mispronounce, writing them as they would sound if a child said them wrong. The illustrations are good as well, though I think this book could be even more enjoyable given some more colorful illustrations. All in all, this is a great book to have in any home or class library.

I always recommend the Black Lagoon Series. They are choc full of imaginative writing for the young reader and a ton of silliness that will keep your child laughing.

This particular adventure takes our main character on his school class trip. Of course, you have to survive the trip he takes before his trip in his mind as his imagination leaves little to be desired as to what could possibly go wrong with the class trip he is about to take.

Everything from Sky Diving to landing in the Amazon Jungle to falling in quicksand are all possibilities here. In the end though, a simple trip to the Zoo was all he got.

I highly recommend this book to the young reader. The ratio of words to pictures is pretty good and the pictures are a nice distraction show more to keep the young reader following along with the story. show less

Was bored and wanting to give my self a little treat. So I did just that with this book. Unfortunately the kids who owned it managed to rip a page or two out, so I had to use my imagination. But this book was good for what is was. The illustrations especially will grab your attention... Is it just me but isN'T the book SCARY?!

The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon is a great book for children because it is short, a beginner chapter book, and has comic relief. However, some humor in this book may be above a students head. First off, this book is very short; it is only 64 pages long and has 11 chapters. This is also a beginner chapter book because there are accompanying pictures to the words. This is great because if a students has difficulty reading the words, or they are getting tired because it is too long for them, they can still understand the book based on the pictures. For example, one exert of text reads, "One class went on a picnic to an active volcano. It erupted and all they ever found were 15 toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." The picture show more that follows is a volcano spewing pieces of bread. In addition, there are many instances of comic relief. For example, "A kid named Chris Colmbus sailed the ocean. He got very seasick." Also, "In my history class, I learned a lot about some famous class trips. Lewis and Clark's class went across America. They couldn't find one open motel." However, although these lines are funny to me and other people educated on these topics, children may not find them funny because they do not know the actual history. The children will still enjoy the book, and the idea that the main character is exaggerates about the class trip. show less

This is great. It is so hard to find these books anymore and reading them is fun no matter what age.

This is great. It is so hard to find these books anymore and reading them is fun no matter what age.

I gave it 4 stars because this book does not have much humor,but it was still a good book.