A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee

VERDICT An open-ended story that creates a great starting point for meaningful discussion with young children about bullying and inclusion.–Maryann H. The endpapers show every one of the 17 dogs pictured and labeled with its name, except for Little Brown whose photo has a question mark attached to it. Thought bubbles let readers in on the dogs’ bewilderment and indecision on what to do about their situation. Illustrations in gouache and black Prismacolor are in muted shades of gray, tan and rust. Astounded at his actions, they all sit and stare at him in confusion as he perches, King of the Mountain–style, on top of his toy-hostage haul. Frazee poses the conundrum: is his grouchiness the reason he’s left alone or does being friendless put him in a perpetually bad mood? Fed up with being ignored, Little Brown suddenly and methodically seizes all the toys the other animals have been enjoying. The other dogs play and communicate with one another while he sits alone next to the chain-link fence. Together.PreS-Gr 2–Little Brown feels isolated at the dog park. (Yay! Nature stuff!) Turns out, James and Eamon didn't just sweat and stare at flowers. Frazee has made them look like a scrapbook filled with snapshots of the boys at nature camp. There are some special moments in the book that the kids share with Eamon's grandparents that I haven't told you about, so check out the book and discover them for yourself! And be sure to take a close look at the end pages. And that they can't wait to go to nature camp again next year. Follow the Author Marla Frazee A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Hardcover Bargain Price, Maby Marla Frazee (Author) 52 ratings Hardcover 4.75 12 Used from 4.75 1 New from 57.50 Paperback 31.37 12 Used from 10.07 6 New from 20.35 Audio CD 12.95 1 New from 12. 1 It tells the story of two boys named James and Eamon, who go to a nature camp for a week and stay with Eamon's unique grandparents.

They tell you that they had the best week ever doing a million things and nothing with their best friend. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever is a children's book written and illustrated by Marla Frazee and set in Malibu, California. The seemingly mundane things that they tell you about when you ask them 'What did you do over the summer?' Do they tell you about the big trip the family took? Nope. This book celebrates all those things that kids really love about summer.

Especially if you can come home afterward and eat banana waffles.

James and Eamon tell us that nature camp was sweaty and boring but we can see on their faces that it's fun to be sweaty and bored with your best friend. Oh sure, the week of nature camp was the best week ever, but what made it so great was the fact that they spent it together. That's right, this book isn't about nature camp at all.

On the next page, the text sums up the week: 'Nature camp was just so great.' What?! Nature camp is almost over and I haven't seen any trees at all!

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee