Summer Reading Is Killing Me!

This is a funny and engaging book. It follows the adventures of three boys who find themselves inside their Summer Reading List. They run into all kinds of familiar characters ranging from Pippi Longstocking and Winnie the Pooh to Frankenstein and Long John Silver.
This must be a really fun book for young readers. There are so many books in the series for them to keep reading, so I imagine it is somewhat like The Magic Treehouse books.

This is a kid's version Jasper Fforde. The time Warp trio are looking forward to a summer without adventure, when they leave their summer reading list inside the magic book, and all of the characters come to life. Of course, the villains band together to take over the world!
It is very silly, but amusing, and the booklist at the end is a lovely touch.
I'd give this to kids looking for funny stories, and older kids who will be very familiar with the myriad of characters.

Fitts read. An easier read than the others and funny. Follow the adventures of three boys who find themselves inside their Summer Reading list. They run into all sorts of characters ranging from Pippi Longstocking and Winnie the Pooh to Frankenstein and Long John Silver.

This is the story of the Time Warp Trio, made up of Fred, Sam, and Joe. This trio has a series of time traveling adventures, but in this particular tale, the Summer Reading list gets accidentally stuck in their time traveling book and they end up being transported to a Hoboken NY where all the characters, good and bad are all mixed up and roaming free.
This book references a lot of children's literature, and would be really fun for a student who has read a lot. Even with out having read all the referenced this book a fun look into a crazy world where all kinds of different characters are all mixed up. I read some of the other books in the Time Warp Trio series as a kid, and the premise of time travel and mixing up with literature is an show more intriguing idea. show less

Children’s Fantasy

Characters: children-Sam, Fred, Joe,

Setting: present day, summer, library, in children’s stories

Theme: good v. evil

Genre: Fantasy and Science Fiction

Summary: "The Book" was a gift from Joe's uncle and it allows the time warp trio-Sam, Fred and Joe to travel through time and this time they travel to the library and meet characters, and get "into" the stories on the summer reading list. The bad characters are trying to get rid of the good ones and take over their stories. A girl from a story the boys are not familiar with, helps them. Filled with humor and references to dozens of children's stories.

Audience:Grades 3-6

Curriculum ties: literature, summer reading programs

Personal response: Fun science show more fiction/fantasy.It is very fun for those that are avid readers, even those with a basic familiarity with children's literature should also enjoy the adventure, non-readers won't understand. Lane Smith's black-and-white illustrations are characteristically crazy and compliment the plot. show less

Fun to read :)

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