Melvin Might? By Jon Scieszka

Although some people would be offended by the fact that Scieszka specifically writes for boys and writes about boys topics which may not be liked by all little boys I think he is doing a fantastic thing. He's getting boys interested in reading! He is writing about what they want to read and what they are interested in. Sure not all boys like trucks, being dirty, and talking about bugs but it is a fact that in a lot of cases they do! That is how our society works and I have a feeling it will be like this for a while to come. He isn't pressing upon that boys have to read these books and he's not being exclusive by saying that only boys can read these books. He simply is doing the best he can to encourage young boys to enjoy reading! This book is also in the Trucktown series geared towards preschool aged boys. The characters are the same, but this time they have a different adventure. In most picture books there are not series of books so I think this is a cool idea. Series of books start coming into play more with chapter books. The colors again in this book are very bright and fill the entire page. The text is scattered around the pages and changes size depending on the expression. Another fun thing about this book is that there is a pull out page. It folds out once so you are looking at three pictures at a time. Interactive things in books are always fun!