Marvin Redpost #1: Kidnapped at Birth?

My son is not a strong reader, dislikes reading immensely, and can usually get through only three or four pages of a book before he starts complaining to stop. However, he wouldn't put this book down - he read all 67 pages over the course of an afternoon without stopping, and then immediately began a report on the book. (He had already read a book for a book report; the report was complete, but he liked this book so much that he started over.) Furthermore, he asked for the rest of the series! Multiple firsts; thank you, Louis Sachar.

I really like this book called Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth. Marvin is a 9 year old boy who is always getting in trouble. In this story Marvin is kidnapped by strangers. Marvin tries to get to mom and dad, who are the King and Queen. Marvin said he had the wrong family. Louis Sachar is the author. I like this book because it is sometimes funny and sometimes it has really cool pictures. Sometimes Marvin books are hard and sometimes they are easy. It is the right book for me and it is good for the other 3rd grade also.

Marvin Redpost is a nice little boy that thinks he was kiddnapt at birth. There was an add on the television saying that the prince of Egypt is missing. So Marvin thought that he was the prince and that he was kiddnapt at birth. So he went around school telling everyone that he was kiddnapt at birth. That he was the lost prince of Egypt. Then on the television there was a girl saying that the prince was gone since he was a baby. She gave out a number and Marvin called it.The lady said he has to get blood taken too if he is. If it is zero negitive he is the prince of Egypt.

Meet Marvin Redpost. He's an average kid with a nice, average family, but something has always struck him as odd. He has red hair and blue eyes while the rest of his family doens't. When the King of Shampoon comes on TV saying that his own son was kidnapped at birth, is Marvin's age and has red hair and blue eyes, Marvin's friends easily convince him that HE, Marvin Redpost, is really the prince of Shampoon! What ensues afterwards is pure Sachar (and therefore, quite a good bit of fun!).Louis Sachar has given us some fantastic works, including "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" and the John Newberry Medal winner, "Holes". For more beginning/intermediate readers he now gives us the Marvin Bedpost saga ("Kidnapped at Birth" is the first of 4 books in the series). Sachar's style is always funny and realistic and his characters are human and warm. The realistic pencil drawings by Neal Hughes add a lot of realism to the story without making it cartoonish. Get a copy and begin your adventures with Marvin-- uh, I mean, Prince of Shampoon!!

Children that read at a third grade level will love to get their hands on this and any Marvin Redpost book. The book is easy to read with short interesting chapters and a story line that is a page turner for young readers. I taught third grade for 13 years and used this and other Marvin Redposts books to get young readers started to enjoy books that tell a good story. Read also THERE'S A BOY IN THE GIRL'S BATHROOM, by the same outstanding children's author.