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Artsy-Fartsy (2009)

by Karla Oceanak(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1934649058 (ISBN13: 9781934649053)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Bailiwick Press

series

Aldo Zelnick

review 1: For boys who loved the likes of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Big Nate series, this was creative and fun. Takes place in Colorado, (the author is from Fort Collins and the book has won several awards), the main character Aldo Zelnick is a creative, artistic doodler, typical boy fort builder and kid detective. The book offers a fun way to introduce harder vocabulary words, making it a fun learning tool as well. I like this description of it "Featuring the irrepressible Aldo Zelnick, kid detective and linguist extraordinaire". Looking forward to the next one in the series.
review 2: Aldo Zelnick’s grandmother gives him a sketchbook for his birthday so he can practice his drawing – she’s an artist. Aldo’s not sure what he should draw, or wr... moreite, so he starts keeping an illustrated journal. His family and friends encourage him to keep doing what he’s doing, and it gradually becomes something he wants to do. Aldo records his summer adventures (with his best friend, Jack – an aspiring rock hound/collector) and keeps the journal hidden in their fort (a pine tree in the park). Someone else finds it there and starts drawing in it, too. At first Aldo is upset, and then he’s intrigued – who is the mysterious artist? He’s pretty sure it’s a girl, because the artist has girly handwriting (also, she drew flowers). Will Aldo and Jack be able to figure out her identity? This is a fun and goofy illustrated novel. Aldo Zelnick is a less-annoying variation on Greg Heffley from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (slightly less self-absorbed, too). Aldo’s artwork needs some work, but the girly illustrations are awesome. Aldo’s also into words, so in this first book (series alert!), he lays it on pretty heavy with the A-words (and we can assume that B will come next!) – all defined at the end in an entertaining glossary. less

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