Review: Looking for Fame
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2013
One of the things that is disturbing in the modern day and age is that so many children, when asked what they want to be when they grow up, answer that they want to be famous.  It would appear that the American fascination with stardom has infected even our small children and filled them with unrealistic and, dare I say, shallow dreams.  In this book Andrew dreams of being famous.  His mother's counsel is wise, becoming famous is neither easy to do nor as rewarding a life as one might think.  Being a child, Andrew feels mildly persecuted by his mother and fumes and pouts.  He dreams of finding some way to become famous.  Fame finds him unexpectedly and it is small, not as big as his dreams might have been, but it is something and for a time, at least, he is content.  The only thing I would have liked to have seen is if Andrew actually came to realize that there is much more to life and the richness of life than seek fame or even fortune.  Still, for a children's book, I found this to be very good.