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Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

Alvin Ho #1

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Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things

By: Lenore Look
Narrated by: Everette Plen
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California Young Reader Medal

Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best books

Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices

Indiana Young Hoosier Award

Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Books

National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award

Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award

Rhode Island Children's Book Award

Texas Bluebonnet Master List

Virginia Young Readers Program Award

Washington Sasquatch Reading Program

The first audiobook in a hilarious book series that tackles anxiety in a fun, kid-friendly way. Perfect for both beginning and reluctant listeners, and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

A humorous and touching series about facing your fears and embracing new experiences—with a truly unforgettable character—from author Lenore Look and New York Times best-selling and Caldecott Honor winning illustrator LeUyen Pham.

Alvin, an Asian American second grader, is afraid of everything—elevators, tunnels, girls, and, most of all, school. He’s so afraid of school that, while he’ s there, he never, ever, says a word. But at home, Alvin is a very loud superhero named Firecracker Man, a brother to Calvin and Anibelly, and a gentleman-in-training, just like his dad. With the help of his family, can Alvin take on the outside world without letting his fears get the best of him?

©2009 Lenore Look (P)2009 Listening Library Asian American Chapter Books Chapter Books & Readers Family Life Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Social & Life Skills Comedy

Critic reviews

“A witty glossary and Pham’s simple yet expressive line drawings perfectly complement this appealing story about the refreshingly original, endearing Alvin.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Look's . . . intuitive grasp of children's emotions is rivaled only by her flair for comic exaggeration."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Shares with Diary of a Wimpy Kid the humor that stems from trying to manipulate the world.”—Newsday

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My children (ages 9 and 11) love the Alvin Ho books and anxiously try to be the first in the car to start listening. The cutest stories. I would recommend Alvin to any familly.

Alvin is AWESOME

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It is AMAZING i read the some of the books and now I can listen to them! I LOVE THIS BOOK

AMAZING

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I very much enjoyed the book it was very funny and very dramatic also fun

What stood out the most was the name flea

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It is so good I want to read more thank you for making alivin ho

#besttttt

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I thought it was a well structured book we have to criticize the book for our children’s a lit class I as a 23 year old believe the author did a good job (and as well the person reading it) because even though it is for a child it was well written. I think the definition and other things like the book is to advance until possibly 7th grade (personally I didn’t learn about Shakespeare till my freshmen year) but other then that I think it’s a good book for your kids to enjoy.

Children’s literature

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I used this audio book as a read aloud for summer school. I projected the book on the board as the narrator (an adorable kid!) read it. The kids really liked the book and always looked forward to coming to the rug to listen to a chapter. My class did a project to do a review and presentation of the book at the end of summer school. All the kids voted and gave it a total of 3.8 stars! Most of them really liked it. I teach ESL so a few of the kids liked it less, but I think that was because it was a bit above their level. Great for 3rd graders!

Great Read Aloud for Grade 3

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My carpool of multi-aged kids just loved this! We all loved it so much we listened to the next one too!

DELIGHTFUL LISTENING FOR KIDS GRADES K-5

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