Meet The Bobs and Tweets

Author: Pepper Springfield 
llustrator: Kristy Caldwell
Scholastic (2016)

The book I chose to read and review is called Meet the Bobs and Tweets. This Book was written by Pepper Springfield and it was illustrated by Kristy Caldwell. This book was copy righted in 2016 as well as published in 2016. This is a longer beginner book for children beginning to read. This book is about two very different families that are completely opposite of each other except for one person in their families. These families the Bobs and the Tweets are two very different families the Bobs are slobs as they say it in the book. This family is very messy they don't like to clean they don't like to be proper or neat. The Tweets on the other hand are very clean and very neat they are very proper and enjoy cleaning. This is where the families differ as you can see the Bobs hate being clean and the Tweets love cleaning. They end up both calling a realtor claiming to be a realtor for messy houses and clean houses. They end up buying houses right next to each other and they don't get along very well at all. The two children that are different from the families are quite like the opposite families Bob number 7 is a lot like the Tweet's and Tweet number 7 is a lot like the Bob's. The two #7's get along very well and love playing with each other. Toward the end of the book the two families get into a big fight over the swimming pool and what is allowed and what is not. Throughout the fight Bob and Tweet 7 stay together and get along very well. I chose this book because it was one that I had never read before and being the person I am I judged it by its title and its cover but after I picked it up and read the first couple pages I really enjoyed it. What I really liked about this book was the illustrations, and the use of the text. I believe the author and the illustrator knew what they both wanted in this story because the pictures and text matched so well. 

The illustrations in this book are amazing and super fun. Kristy Caldwell is an amazing artist. The way she uses the whole page and tons of different colors it really makes the reader feel a part of the story. On every page, you can really see how messy the Bobs are and how clean the Tweets are. On the pages, there is so much going on and you can see everything that is going on outside of what the text. The text is in a different spot every time to keep the readers eyes moving around the book and making sure the reader sees everything the illustrator has put on the page. The reader can learn a lot about the families just by looking at the pictures which I think I s a great way to learn more about the story without reading the text first off. 
 
The text in this book reminds me a lot of Dr. Seuss. I think that the author does a great job using the text to really describe the families. She uses great descriptive words and also a lot of rhyming. As a child rhyming is very important they love hearing the words roll of the tongue very easy. Dr. Seuss does a wonderful job of this and Pepper does a great job in this book. You can also always know what family she is talking about because of the words she uses and the rhyming sounds she uses.  

All in all this book was a great and fun read and I would recommend this book to any reader who is starting to read chapter books. the beginner reader is a very easy read but it also introduces lots of new words to a young reader. The book has a but 9 chapters so it will definitely keep the reader busy for a while and help them succeed in reading. 

Review by Cody Miller