Worst Week Ever! Thursday

Justin Chase’s mortification began on Miserable Monday, when Nan’s crocheted swimmers were part of the chain reaction that resulted in … Traumatic Tuesday, where Justin (now more widely known as Pool Boy, viral video star), tried to save face at school. Unfortunately for Justin, his face didn’t cooperate, as evidenced by his disastrous school photo. Justin was stranded with his arch-nemesis, Marvin, on Wacky Wednesday. There were robot sharks!Now it’s Thursday. And it’s time to Wake Up!The viral video is a gift that keeps on giving. We catch up with Justin as one of his most embarrassing moments attracts worldwide attention (again!), this time as a result of his appearance on a breakfast TV show. Never mind the fact that he looks like he belongs in the circus.Everything is fine. Nothing to worry about. And it’s absolutely fine that champion swearer Nan is in arm’s reach of her photo album. It’s not as though she’d ever share humiliating photos of her grandson with a worldwide audience…The most interactive day yet, Thursday invites you to colour by number, show off your artistic talent and solve some a-mazing puzzles. There’s leaping in and out of cakes, an abundance of cats and the obligatory wardrobe malfunction. Thursday has some fartastic moments and more evidence that this is not the series for readers with emetophobia.Thursday’s deleted scenes feature such cuties as turtles, polar bear cubs, baby sloths and fluffy birds. My current favourite is the hatted axolotl.Kid me would have been busy perfecting the secret handshake. Adult me waited as long as they could for the library to purchase this book but couldn’t let any more Thursdays pass without knowing what thorny situations Justin would be facing.I definitely need a Mia spin-off, if only to see more of her drawings.How much humiliation can one boy take? The schadenfreude continued unabated on Thunderstruck Thursday and Justin has three more red faced days to go.Bring on Fraught Friday!

My daughter loves reading these books.

Bought first book 'Monday' for a 9 year old girl who has mild dyslexia and was really struggling with reading.The combination of short bursts of funny stories and graphics has worked. Halfway thru Monday she asked if there was a Tuesday ... and then Wednesday ... and then Thursday.At age 10, school confirmed that her reading was at the same level as top pupils in her class. Reading these books has also improved her self-confidence (no longer thinks she's stupid) and she now independently looks at other books she'd like to read.Other children have borrowed the books and enjoyed immensely.

Son really love this series and is looking forward to Friday

Cannot wait for the next book