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Pros
This little yuletide novella is a joy to read. The characters are crazy and the “normal” characters are even crazier. The situations have you on pins and needles to find out what will happen next.
This book is really funny, and in its way, heart-warming. He hates having to read, but this book makes him laugh & he looks forward to it.
It's funny & charming and holds everyone’s attention. Parts of it are laugh out loud funny, and other parts will give you pause. However, when you start to read it, you notice immediately that the witty humor appeals to adults also.
I remember my teacher reading this to me when i was in 1st grade. Should be read to children 6 and up. But that's for each reader to decide. Read it to your kids. Read it to your grandkids.
Cons
Highly inappropriate with bullying, cigar - smoking kids that take over a christmas pageant and own a poor half starved cat. These terrible kids join the church christmas pageant — and threaten and bully everyone so they get the roles they want" there... Read More
It's as if the books are 150 years old, except the pages are not yellowed. Other copies all have loos loose pages. It is scuffed on the front cover near the binding.
Highlights
Quality
A family favorite to read aloud at christmas time with the little cousins
It has been made into a movie and a play but i can’t imagine anything better than cozying up with the family and sharing the book together
And while it does have some fun with the traditional christmas story its never disrespectful if anything the herdmans blunt ob... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The children as well as the adults enjoyed the antics of the herdmans
Competitiveness
The crazy herdman kids take over the christmas pageant
We discussed the book after we finished and they both thought the herdmans were the perfect kids to be in the pageant
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- This product had a total of 3,679 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 14 2022.
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Ive seen both play and film versions of this book but figured i should get around to reading the actual thing someday
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Everyone knows the herdmans are the worst kids in town they lie steal beat up other kids and smoke cigars
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So when they decide to get involved in the church christmas pageant everyone predicts that it will be a disaster
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And for a time it seems theyre right rehearsals are a disaster that nearly result in the pageant being cancelled outright
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The book isnt purely humor though
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Not going to summarize the plot
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The narrator is a preadolescent boy whose mother has just been given the unenviable task of directing the local churchs christmas pageant
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Chief among her fears are the fearsome herdman children who smoke cigars curse slug each other purloin church equipment and generally make themselves obnoxious
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