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The Problem With The Puddles (2009)

by Kate Feiffer(Favorite Author)

3.25 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416949615 (ISBN13: 9781416949619)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

review 1: This is a short, humorous little story about a family named the Puddles. Mr. and Mrs. Puddle disagree about everything. It got to be a little too much for me at times, but it also led to quite an adventure because they left their dogs behind when they headed for the city and they had quite a time trying to get back to their dogs. Meanwhile the dogs set off to find them and have adventures all their own. It's told from the perspective of the daughter, Baby (or Ferdinanda or Emily...all names for the same child, since Mr. and Mrs. Puddle couldn't agree on name for her) and the persective of the dogs.My 7 yo really enjoyed listening to this. I can imagine 7-10 yo would find it quite funny.
review 2: This is a children's book *for children*. Far from being a t... moreautology, I think that bears repeating here after reading several of the reviews. I myself found the story often cloying if not irritating, but my kids repeatedly prompted me to keep reading. Subtlety is not the strength of most kids humor, and this avoids any notion of subtlety even more strongly than say Garfield (another thing my kids like, but doesn't float the boat of my inner child).The dedication by the author to "my dad, Jules" confirms that the Feiffer connection is indeed that one. And it made me wonder if Jules and his first wife, also Kate's mother, perhaps had a rocky road that they rode. Perhaps if not between the city and country, then often between diametrically opposed states of mind.Anyways, the author's life is not crucial, but for children whose parents are quite separate, if not indeed separated, this might be a talking point sort of book. Fortunately my wife hasn't given up on me yet! And again our kids liked this book a lot more than myself and most adults here (are adults reading books like this to themselves anyways...hmmmm?)One other thing that was nice, while the parents' relationship struggled, the kids were never imperiled here (as is frequently the source of tension in fiction for kids)...rather there are pets to be rescued.Should give this four stars for the kids... less

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