2023 - ‘70’s Immersion Reading Challenge

Bored-Nothing To Do! by Peter Spier (1978; 1991 ed.) 42 pages.

This is cute. Minimal words per page, lots to look over on each page.

Two brothers are told to go find something to do. You know…like our parents used to tell us back in the “olden” days. Sure enough, just like boys, they go destroying everything around the house to put together something wonderful. A little too wonderful…an airplane. Something more realistic would have made the story better.

This reminds me of days gone by when my kids were little. My youngest, Kristin, was sad when our goldfish died. So, I told her, “Go bury it and we’ll have a funeral. Well, she was only 4 years old. She tore into a premium bag of purchased topsoil (used the whole bag) and tore off pieces of Coast Guard housing fence to make a cross. She had it all set up and came and got me for the funeral. Jimminy-Cricket! Tore up Coast Housing fence! No price too high for a goldfish funeral, right?

Then, as we were being transferred and going through our inspection checkoff to leave the house, we discovered that our 7-year-old thought it was so cool the hit the corner sidings at the back of the house with a baseball bat (destroying them) because slugs would fall out. Aye, yi, yi!

The things kids will do! Better beware when you tell your kids, “For Pete’s sake, go find something to do.”
There’s no telling. ( )

After reading this book, I believe that it is a very good example of a picture book because of the elaborate details in each picture as well as the small number of words per page.

This book encourages children to use their imagination and encourages innovation. It is about two little boys that are bored with nothing to do. They go around their house and yard and find supplies to build a plane. Their parents tell them to put the parts back. At the end they are again bored with nothing to do.

It is a really cute picture book. However, children may not find it as entertaining as adults would.

This is a very enjoyable book that are sent out to find something to do sense they are bored. Using different parts of the car, bikes, tv, and even phone the boys build a working plane. When they're father comes home and nothing works he quickly discovers why nothing is working. When the boys come down after spamkings and a kiss they were sent to bed early. Once again bored with nothing to do. ( )