This was a funny little book to read. It is about a man who lives alone and isn't married or have any children. He has his own house, with a cat. His house is a nice two story place and it is in good condition. Over time however, his house starts to have its wear and tare come about it. Things start falling apart and he does a very poor and inaficent job at trying to fix these problems. He doesn't ever go to the store to buy materials to fix things around his house. One day, he realizes that his family is coming over to his house for his birthday and his house is in terrible shape. They help him, like families do, get his house in order and everyone is happy. A very nice book that can teach a great lesson about procrastination. ( )

A very humorous books that makes the point for elementary school children that they must be responsible for their actions or lack of actions. A man in a shirt and white tie moves into a very nice house but as time goes by he does nothing much but sit in his rocking chair and read or go fishing. Certainly worthy activities but unfortunately his house begins to need care and instead of doing things right he takes short cuts. A picture falls of the wall his lack of foresight or prepartion has him hammering a nail with sole of his shoe. He repairs his shoe by ripping off pages from the calendar to stuff up the whole. The action consequently causes him to loose track of his birthday. When chair rung breaks he attempts to fix it with bandages. A creative teacher would certainly enjoy creating writing assignments that could correspond to this laugh out loud book. ( )