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When Charlie McButton Lost Power

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Charlie loves computer games so much, he never plays with anything else - so when the power goes out, he's really in the dark. His desperate search for batteries involves his sister's toys and some nasty behavior before he settles down to realize what's truly important in his life. Deftly written by Suzanne Collins and nicely illustrated by Mike Lester, When Charlie McButton Lost Power is refreshingly original and moving!

I purchased this book for my 7 year old son for Christmas. It was a huge hit. I have four boys from 6-13 and we all loved it. It's a hilarious, sweet book. I'm so glad I found it!

Great read for kids, you can make a correlation between kids playing video games today and making their own fun like we did way back when

I love this book and so do my children, I would love to find more from this author, Your child will love it too. Buy it you'll be glad you did.

D Bradley

I read this book with a class of kindergarten-aged children. They repeatedly ask to read and re-read Charlie McButton, and enjoy it every time. The rhythmic quality of the book makes it fun to read and easy for the children to remember what is going to happen next. The children relate amazingly well to Charlie McButton and both his dilemma (the power went out and he can't play video games) and the way that Charlie interacts with his little sister (first with disdain, then with a cute and playful understanding).

Charlie McButton is a boy who loves his technology. He lives for his computerized games until he's forced to live without what he loves most.

"then one day a thunderstorm blows through town,
and brings his tech empire tumbling down.
A lightening bolt struck an electrical tower,
And Charlie Mcbutton?
His whole world lost power."

Told in wonderful rhyming verses, Charlie looks around at his world and sees that his little sister has batteries! I won't give away what happens, but suffice it to say, Charlie learns a valuable lesson. The illustrations, by Mike Lester a cartoonist, are so alive with color and detail drawn in a way that will have the kids asking for this book over and over.

Suzanne Collins, a prolific and inspired writer, has also written a very popular series for middle-schoolers called Gregor the Overlander, and Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane.

When I Dream

This an important read for the littles. Okay, so we've all heard the awful statistics about kids watching too much TV, addicted to their XBoxes and PS3's, and setting world records text messaging. So as the school year wraps up, I've been sharing Charlie McButton with students as a reminder to get out there this summer and MOVE and UNPLUG. When I asked kids why they thought video games and TV could be harmful to kids - you wouldn't believe the responses. They know EXACTLY why too much technology can be a negative thing in their lives. This story is funny and such a great conversation starter about the importance of unplugging.

When you read the title, you expect it to be mostly about Charlie learning how to fill his time without his video games. The most wonderful surprise about this book, however, is how it goes into his relationship with his little sister. The rhyming is great to read out loud, and the illustrations are perfect. My eight year old always gets emotional at the picture of Charlie's little sister when she gets her feelings hurt. The kids, (and Mom), love it.

I read When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins. I would recommend this book because in the book Charlie lost power and he went crazy. It was very funny. In the book I read "He looked left ,he looked right, his heart filled with dread. The TV, lights, and his clock were all dead." This helped convince me that it was a good book.

I read When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins. I liked the book and would recommend this book because when a storm came in the power went out and Charlie was left in the dark. In the book I read that Charlie McButton loved video games so much that when the storm came and the power went out . He could not play video games anymore. This helped convince me that it was a good book .