Just watched recently with the kids: Alvin and the Chipmunks and Underdog, both were funner than expected and I might possibly even watch the Underdog one again since I really love that guy who plays the sidekick. He is also the sidekick in The Emperor's New Groove. When I first heard his voice (Patrick Warburton, as Kronk) I thought it was surely made up, but apparently he really does talk like that...
Well James really sped through those Wimpy Kid books, but now the reading has sort of petered out. I tried asking at the local cool bookstore if they had anything similar, but I guess there probably isn't anything really similar out there. The lady there recommended a series call Hank Zipser (sp?) written by, of all people, the Fonz. That's right, Henry Wrinkler is now penning apparently pretty good books for kids, mostly for boys.
Without any illustrations to speak of other than the cover art, James couldn't get too excited about it - but that's sort of the problem. He kind of needs a book which is at the 4th or 5th grade reading level, but by that point most authors/publishers aren't doing books with lots of illustrations. The wimpy kid books are sort of an exception to this. Please post any suggestions you might have for books for boys ages 8+! :)
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