We recently listened to the first 2 books in the Katie Kazoo series as a family. We had listened to a Gary Paulsen book previously (Lawn Boy), which my daughter hadn’t really liked. So I let her pick our next audio book, and try as I might not to label books “boy” and “girl” books, she usually wants a book with a female main character. So she picked Katie Kazoo, and though I found the story pretty average, Jane and my 3 boys seemed to enjoy it as well.
Just like some of the TV shows my boys would never pick on their own (Barbie and Sofia the First), they ended up enjoying these books that they probably wouldn’t pick up on their own to read.
So once we found some of Katie Kazoo’s books at the library, Jane wanted to check them out and read some more. And in my review on Goodreads, I actually mentioned this and predicted that I’d soon see my older sons (12 and 11) reading them as well.
And sure enough, Clark and Blake were both caught reading some of them. 🙂
Clark was a bit shocked when I took his picture to document it.
We also found that a series the boys have read before, George Brown Class Clown, is about the same characters from Katie Kazoo.
Both of these series by Nancy E. Krulik are recommended for 1st-3rd graders.