This book is Terrific. I liked the simple drawings and the plain to mildly boring main character. This book about a shipwrecked man and his new parrot friend with have you saying TERRIFIC all day long (if that is a good thing). The constant use of the word TERRIFIC gets to be kind of funny in the story. The whole time I was reading this book I couldn't help but think of how cool this would be to let your kids in your class do this. It would be awesome to take you favorite word and make a book surrounding it right? Maybe... well it would be a fun idea to try. The book may not have been the best or most exciting but it did bring up some possible teaching ideas.