Review: Fantastic story and it rhymes!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
My son has four favorite authors: Dr. Seuss, Bill Peet, Bob Staake and Peter Collier. We go through books at an incredible rate so even though he is only five, he knows a good book when he hears it. I agree with him on his taste in authors because his favorites don't just hold his interest but they entertain his parents as well. Out of all those authors, his "current" favorite book was Collier'sTHE GARDEN PARTY (rhyming, bedtime, reading, children, kids, short, stories Stories). But now, that has been dethroned by Collier's latest effort, LOU and STU! This book is so fun and amusing, and a really great story. I can imagine the author spending months agonizing over each word choice to make them rhyme perfectly while also telling an interesting story and keeping the pages moving. This tale of the two twin brothers is suspenseful, full of lessons, funny and it rhymes! In the end their feud, which now involves an entire town, comes down to a single baseball game and we're served a clever surprise ending. Writing great kids book is hard, Collier makes it look easy and deserves his place among my son's favorites. That's why we own all twenty-one of his books. And, all of them, like Lou and Stu are highly recommended. 5-stars