Nothing Ever Happens on My Block

I loved this book! I think I still have it... somewhere. I purchased it myself from the bookmobile when I was in elementary school in D.C. I read it again and again, discovering yet another exciting event Chester Filbert was missing while he was so busy complaining. What about the parachuter?! "Geronimo!" and the girls jumping rope, the armored car and the money everywhere? And yes, the witch popping up in different windows! Chester's last words... "when I grow up, I'm going to move." Well, Chester, I live in NY now, and there's so much happening on my block that I may otherwise take for granted had it not been for you!Love, Nay in NY (all grown up and still loving your words)

As a child reading about Chester Filbert, lamenting that nothing ever happens on his block, urged me to teach the Chester Filbert's of the world to stand up and look around. I want to heighten young peoples awareness that the things in their community are of importance and to get involved as an active citizen. I teach high school social studies and the first day I read Ellen Raskins' classic!

there are new things on every page for a kid to spot and the illustrations are rich and colorful. it is a short and exciting read!

I don't know how many hours my sister and I spent looking at this book as a child! I sure wish it were still in print. It was so much fun seeing what had changed at each house from page to page, as Chester sat there bored as can be! I can't remember all the details as I don't think I've seen this book for a book 20 years, but I know a cat had kittens that moved into all the other houses, a house burnt down and was rebuilt, there was a witch that showed up here and there, and so on! I hope to find a copy of this so my boys can enjoy it too.

When my son was a little boy, I enjoyed reading this book to him every night, as he gleefully looked at the exciting activities pictured on the pages. Now that my son is a father, he too reads his once-favorite book to his son, and they both smile in shared companionship as they follow the adventures of children, a mailman, a parachutist, a policeman, firemen, an ambulance driver, etc.on "Chester's boring block."