Lenore Look’s Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things is a funny, warm story for 6 year olds about a boy who’s scared of almost everything.<\/p>\n
Alvin Ho lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and he’d like you to know a few things straight away. He’s afraid of lifts, tunnels, thunder, substitute teachers, heights and the dark. Most of all, he’s afraid of school.<\/p>\n
At home he’s loud. At school he can’t say a single word, however hard he tries. His voice works in the car and on the bus, then vanishes the moment he gets to class.<\/p>\n
So he comes prepared. He carries a Personal Disaster Kit with a whistle, garlic, dental floss and a scary mask (for keeping girls away, obviously). His big brother Calvin gives him some rules for making friends, which don’t help much when you can’t say hello.<\/p>\n
Then there’s Flea. She’s his desk buddy again this year, whether he likes it or not, and she’s written a whole book about what his different eyes mean. Alvin is NOT grateful. By the end of that afternoon he’s sitting on the pavement after an uppercut.<\/p>\n
Reading it is like having Alvin chattering in your ear. His lists are very funny, his logic makes perfect sense to him, and he keeps quoting the rules of being a gentleman before admitting he can’t remember them. There’s a plan to catch chicken pox on purpose, and a treasured toy of Dad’s that goes to school without anyone quite asking.<\/p>\n
What’s lovely is how kind it is about his fears. Nobody fixes Alvin. His dad tells him he’ll be okay, his mum climbs a tree to rescue him, and he gets through each day in his own way. He sees a therapist, and the book mentions it as plainly as it mentions his dog.<\/p>\n
It’s an American story, so your reader will meet recess and second grade along the way.<\/p>\n
If you’ve got a child who worries about things other children seem to find easy, Alvin might feel like a very good friend. And if they don’t worry about anything at all, they’ll still laugh at a boy who’s desperate to catch the pox.<\/p>\n
If this one goes down well, Alvin’s back in Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters, where the great outdoors gets added to his list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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