Timmy Failure: Timmy Failure: Now Look What Mistakes Were Made (Paperback)

from GRgenius

You know how all books are not for all readers and some books work SO MUCH BETTER when read aloud? Yeah, this was definitely the case with the particular book and myself. I was all ready to throw in the towel because quite honestly, I couldn't believe what I was reading. I get it is for a much yo...

from datrappert

The story of Timmy Failure, his polar bear, and their detective agency is somewhat amusing, though never laugh-out-loud funny. Many of the chapter titles, however, may make an adult chuckle. It goes on way too long and there are inconsistencies between Timmy's misunderstanding of the meaning of "...

from weisser4

I would have given it a two except I knew I was reading the book for my students. You see, the third and fourth grade students will love this book. It reminds me much of Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, which I do not care for but my kids do. The main character, Timmy Failure, has ADHD and a very acti...

from chrisblocker

Mistakes Were Made is not the sort of book I'd normally pay much attention to. I'm not a huge fan of children's lit and this one looked a bit too juvenile for me (not that I'm not very childish at heart). I picked up this novel for one reason: Tom McCarthy, genius behind such movie gems as The St...

from Mad.River.Librarian

This is exactly the kind of book I usually do circles around, biding my time before finally sucumbing to its pages. It's exactly the kind of humor I avoided when I was a kid myself (considering myself way too sophisticated as I indulged my inner Laura Ingalls Wilder) and after the string of Wimpy...