Jake Drake, Know-It-All

I thought this would be perfect for our son considering he thinks he knows everything.

I read this one sitting with my 6 1/2 and 9 year old boys. The 4 year old sat through it, too. We homeschool so the whole business about school and school work and projects kept them thinking. There was interesting information about the scientific process, as well as discussion about feelings and issues in school, friendship and being connected rather than isolated. Good stuff. Keep in mind that it is for readers starting with chapter books, so it is meant to be on that level. It is good for what it is. We ordered the other books as well.

My 3rd grade son just read this book and LOVED it. It introduced him to how a science fair works and taught him about the scientific method - observation, question, hypothesis, method, result, conclusion. However, this wasn't just a dull science story. The author uses a lot of humor and there were several underlying themes in the story.Jake Drake really wants to win first prize (a Hyper-Cross-Functional Bluntium Twelve Computer System)at the science fair. To do so, he shuns his best friend who wants to be his partner on the project because Jake doesn't want to share the prize. When his friend decides to drop out of the contest because the class "know-it-alls" have been flaunting their projects and he knows he won't win, Jake realizes that he's not having fun working alone on his project and invites his friend to be his partner. Suddenly, the project becomes fun and winning doesn't seem to matter any more. The result...sorry, you'll have to read the book!