Reviews for KIDZ Safety Rap Car Rap Book and Audio Cassette

The average rating for KIDZ Safety Rap Car Rap Book and Audio Cassette based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-04 00:00:00 Michael Fitzpatrick When I started reading this book my intent was to enjoy "seasonal reading", i.e. Halloween. As always happens, one season ended and another began before I finally finished. I must confess that I really didn't finish reading it either. This is a superb collection of short stories and poems by Poe. I focused on reading only the short stories knowing that I could always savor the poems at another time (or season). Often, my Goodreads reviews are actually confessions and this review is one such confession. We studied American Literature sophomore year of high school and were assigned to read "The Pit and the Pendulum". It's about as short and direct as a short story can be, but I drifted off soon after the first few pages and gave up because I was a lazy student. The next day in class I complained about the wordy language and asked how did the stupid story end, anyhow. One of my classmates informed me that an army had stormed the prison and rescued to victim. I was astounded to believe how she could have gotten that through all of those flowery words. But, there it was in three short, easy sentences. I remember the teacher telling us that Poe created the detective story. He exhorted us several times to read "The Purloined Letter" on our own. (Why didn't he just assign it?) This book includes the "Purloined Letter" so I was eager to read it. It was entertaining, but not nearly as gripping as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" or as exciting as "The Gold Bug", which I now regard as one of the best short stories I've ever read. He should have assigned us to read either of those if he really wanted us to appreciate Poe.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-03-05 00:00:00 John Handelaar JC-Poe