Legend Rock Paper Scissors Reviews Summary

Humor & Entertainment

Pros:

• "Several times I had to stop reading because I was laughing too hard."
• "This book is so funny! My kids had borrowed it from the library at their school and we all got such a kick out of it we decided we wanted our own copy."
• "If you are looking for a book that will make a child laugh and laugh this is the one!"
• "All three of them love this book. They laugh and okay roc, paper, scissors while we read."
• "It’s so funny! I catch my kids playing rock, paper, scissors all the time now or acting out the story."
• "Kids and adults will laugh for sure!"
• "The phrase 'battle pants' never ceases making my children laugh after reading this book, no matter how mad they are at me."

Cons:

• "The word, butt shocked me."
• "I found it entertaining but not amazing."
• "I, however, was disappointed in the theme."
• "This book had great reviews but it is not great. It seems like it was written by a 2nd grader."
• "If your raising weak minded kids this is not the book for you."
• "I do not like the language in this book and I get aggression, name calling and winning at the cost of squashing others as the most recognizable messages. Definitely not appropriate for my 4.5 and 6 yo kids."
• "I was very disappointed in The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors book."

Educational Value

Pros:

• "Really well written and a funny and easy to read story."
• "It's educational - it teaches rules of rock-paper-scissors game, friendship, and competition."
• "It's a battle of the strengths and it teaches that a pliable sheet of paper can overtake the strength of a solid rock while the sharp scissors can take out that flimsy paper in one sharp snip."
• "The illustrations, story line, action and teaching points in this book are terrific."
• "Whenever students in my classroom have a disagreement or a problem with sharing, we use Rock, Paper, Scissors to problem-solve."
• "The book has helped my little reader with sight words and with story structure."
• "I’ve been teaching Kindergarten for 4 years now, and this text is hands-down a top 3 favorite for the kids every year! I love to incorporate it into our opinion writing... who is the ultimate warrior- rock, paper, or scissors?!"

Cons:

• "Has hard vocab for a few of my 2nd graders."
• "I read it a little too early to my 3-year old, as he didn't really know about the game Paper, Rock, Scissors."
• "As a 30-year educator, I would not recommend it."
• "I bought this for my kindergarten class and it’s not appropriate, unkind words and language we don’t want our kids to use."
• "Some of the writing is in cursive, so your littles may need some help."
• "There is name calling in this novel as one person tries to gain control in the situation."
• "I do not understand why the reviews are so good. I wish I had read the lower star reviews before purchasing as it’s $6 to return."

Read-Aloud Experience

Pros:

• "This book is fun to read out loud using a variety of warrior voices!"
• "The completely over the top dialogue and narration makes this book almost as much fun to read aloud as it is to listen to."
• "Great read-aloud!"
• "This is such a fun read with my 6 and 9 yo boys - we still love reading picture books together but difficult to find ones suitable for older kids."
• "The dialogue is HILARIOUS."
• "It begs to be read in loud, funny voices."
• "Very fun book (especially if you read it in fun voices)."