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The Astonishing Secret Of Awesome Man. By Michael Chabon (2011)

by Michael Chabon(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0007453361 (ISBN13: 9780007453368)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

HarperCollins Children's Books

review 1: The kids at my school love this book and I love it too. It's about a super hero, but not just any superhero, Awesome Man, who can shoot positronic rays out of his eyes and hug a runaway freight train. Awesome Man is great, but he knows that he has to be careful when he's angry not to throw things or hit stuff because he might hurt somebody. He knows when he needs to take a break and get calmed down. This one is great to use as an object lesson in self-control or a lesson about characterization. Plus, I love the set up of this book and how it makes you want to go back and look at the pictures again. This would be hard for a first or second grader to read to self (with a lot of made up sciency words), but makes an AWESOME read aloud.
review 2: I have to give this... more 5 stars because Miles loves it So. Much! I think this is a great superhero book for a 3.5 year old because some of the things that are difficult about sharing superhero stories with a kid that age are not present here. the "bad guys" are silly and not at all realistic. Their bad deeds are just being sort of scary or making a big slimy mess. And Awesome Man's secret identity is a perfect reveal for a kid who is constantly pretending to be someone/something else. Took this out of the library, but I will be buying a copy soon. less

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