Loudmouth George and the Fishing Trip

We rather liked Loudmouth George in his last book, Loudmouth George and the Big Race, but this one seemed rather flat and predictable. It was so obvious that George's boasting would end in ignominy that the only interest really was how, and my children decided it would either be that 'he catches an old boot or that he catches a very little fish instead of a big one.' I won't spoil it for you by telling you which but you've got a 50/50 chance of getting it right!

However, George is the sort of character that the more self-publicising elements in the class can identify with and so the book has been fairly popular. Not a wonderful book, but a good addition to the reading collection.