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Summary: MELANIE MARTIN
Review: I LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU ABOUT SOME THINGS IN ITALY THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. I ALSO LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE MELANIE REALY ACT'S HER AGE LIKE HOW MOST 10 YEAR OLDS ACT'S. WHEN MELANIE GO'S TO ITALY SHE LEARNS ABOUT PAINTINGS,SCULPYURES AND ALL OF THAT REALY COOL THINGS. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS BOOK TO AGES 9-12. MELANIE HAS A YUONGER BROTHER NAMED MAT AND SHE GET VERY ANNOYED WITH HIM BUT THEN SOMETHING HAPPENBS AND SHE ALOT NICER TO HIM. MELANIE HAS A DAD AND A MOM. HER MOM IS A ART TEACHER AND HER IS A LOYAR. WHEN SHE GET'S BACK HOME THERE IS THIS BOY NAMED NORBERT WHO IS A DORK AND SHE GETS NICER TO HIM TO SHE RELIZES THAT HE IS REALY NICE TO HER.
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Summary: The Diary of Melanie Martin
Review: I used this book for our Mother-Daughter book club and the girls thoroughly enjoyed it (all age 9). Out of the five girls, only one girl didn't like it, and we believe it's because she and Melanie were too much alike. During the book club, they enjoyed talking about the poems Melanie wrote and trying to say the Italian words. They related tremendously with Melanie and they were all very excited to discuss her adventures through Italy.
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Summary: Melanie Martin
Review: I would reccommend this book to ages 9-14 year olds. Because I think you would enjoy it. Its a wounderful book. It tells you how not to pick on other people because you proboly wish you never did any bad things happen. I reccommend this book also because I think it teaches you to love to read,write,be nice,love art and many other things.And its definantly a girl book. I think boys could read because it for fun also just to warn the guys.
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Summary: Melanie Martin Strikes Again
Review: If you loved the Amelia books by Marissa Moss, you are going to go gaga over Melanie Martin and her world-class travel adventures with her family. Funny, touching, full of great details, how can you NOT love a book that has a map at the beginning? Like all the Melanie Martin books, this one encourages kids to travel widely in their imaginations and come home changed by their encounters. too bad all the adults who travel BADLY don't read Melanie before they head out! Great gift for any age Italian-bound tourist.
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Summary: A 10-year-old's view of Italy
Review: Meet 10 year old Melanie Martin, your average american kid and child travel critic . Melanie keeps a travel journal when her folks take her and her 6 year old brother Matt on a trip to Italy. Remember those family vacations you used to take as a kid? Well trust me, when you travel with Melanie, it'll all come rushing back at you.Melanie's accounts of plane travel, Italian culture ("Almost everyone here speaks Italian-even kids"), and her goofy adventures with her family (at a museum she plays a game with Matt to "Point out the Naked People") will have you in stitches. Ms Weston is not only a funny writer, she's a mom and it serves her well in her accounts of family behaviour. This book reminds me of my own family trips when I was a kid (hey, when I was 11, my folks took me to Italy too! I can't say I appreciated it as much as Melanie did, but then maybe she should have joined us for the ride!) Funny, breezy and filled with the easily believable dialogue of a ten year old (complete with doodles on the pages!) This is a great book for would-be travelers of all ages.
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Summary: Adorable New Series for Young/Middle Readers
Review: Ten-year-old Melanie Martin is absolutely ecstatic to have the chance to visit Italy with her family. After all, how many 10-year-old kids get to visit a foreign country, and miss a day of school to do so? However, the minute Melanie steps on the plane headed for her lovely vacation destination, she realizes that maybe this isn't going to be the greatest vacation ever, what with her art-obsessed Mom dragging her to every museum in the country, her pain of a little brother, Matt, and her grumpy Father in tow. But as Melanie begins discovering poetry, Michelangelo, and Italian ice cream, as well as the true meaning of family, she begins realizing that maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. After all, having an annoying family is better than having no family at all, right? GIRLS' LIFE advice columnist, Carol Weston, has proved that she knows more than her fair share about being a 10-year-old girl, forced to go on a family vacation, especially a family vacation to another country, and that knowledge shines through in Melanie Martin's voice. Melanie is a cute character, who young readers will relate to magnificently, seeing as how she she makes a big deal out of the tiniest dilemmas. Her younger brother, Matt, will find older siblings identifying with Melanie as well, as there is no older sibling who has not experienced the same aggravation that Matt causes Melanie. With short poems, and hand-drawn doodles littering every chapter, THE DIARY OF MELANIE MARTIN: OR HOW I SURVIVED MATT THE BRAT, MICHELANGELO, AND THE LEANING TOWER OF PIZZA, is sure to be a pleaser. Erika Sorocco
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Summary: ¿Eccelente¿ (Aye che len tey) -as they say in Italian
Review: The whimsical jacket of the book The Diary of Melanie Martin: How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and The Leaning Tower Of Pizza illustrated by Marci Roth, informs the reader that Melanie has embarked with her family on an exciting trip to Italy.
What's more, the reader is given the opportunity to peek into Melanie's diary without any guilt feeling. Author Carol Weston has created a refreshingly normal family with delightful characters. Mom is a teacher obsessed with art, and Dad is grumpy and stressed. Matt the brat, Melanie's brother, is being just that, her annoying little brother. And Melanie of course, the author of the diary, is a ten-year old busy body. Carol Weston's wit keeps the reader smiling, if not laughing out loud.
Learning a new language (Italian) becomes somewhat of a game for her readers.
Weston has "invented" new phonetics by associating words. How can you not remember the name Michelangelo, when it is broken down as Michael Ann Jello? Every chapter is enhanced with little doodles and handwritten notes. Carol Weston's simple and clear style keeps the momentum of the story constantly in motion. She never toys with her characters' emotions, rather she laughs with them and not at them! In addition, her readers are given a few art lessons. Giggling and laughing at "nude" pictures will make them even more memorable. Ten-year olds, as well as seven year olds, can readily relate to sibling rivalry.
There is much to be learned from reading this delightful little book, and a great deal to be felt. It is certainly an excellent read or "eccelente" (Aye che len tey), as they say in Italian! Can't wait for the next Melanie's diary! This review first appeared on bookpleasures.com
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