Step 1 JAR JAR'S MISTAKE
by Nancy E. Krulik
illustrated by Richard Walz
Random House
ISBN: 037580000X
Ages 4-6
32 pages
“Jar Jar Binks is sooooo clumsy. Sebulba is very angry with Jar Jar, and that's never a good thing! Can Jar Jar learn to take his time and be more careful, or will Sebulba have him done with?” (quoted from the website)
illustrated by Richard Walz
Random House
ISBN: 037580000X
Ages 4-6
32 pages
“Jar Jar Binks is sooooo clumsy. Sebulba is very angry with Jar Jar, and that's never a good thing! Can Jar Jar learn to take his time and be more careful, or will Sebulba have him done with?” (quoted from the website)
My son Joe has about 10 Clone War Series books written by Jude Watson (a pseudonym). I have found these books to be both well written and entertaining. A reluctant reader, my son devoured the Clone War Series. I never knew the Step into Reading series existed.
Joe’s in 7th grade taking Honors English and is now reading the Last of the Jedi series, also written by Jude Watson. These are longer books with slightly more mature themes. Joe’s capable of reading more difficult books, but he knows all the characters and their histories, conducts research on the Internet, reads cross-section and other Encyclopedic style books, plays with lego sets, etc. Joe knows the geography of the main planets. He’s watched every movie several times. Tonight, he was using his training sword as a light saber.
Over the summer, I encouraged Joe to read Tuckett’s Travels, a Western based on the period of 1845-1849. 
This action-packed, highly suspenseful collection of five stories by Gary Paulsen was one of my most enjoyable recent reads. I finished it in 2 sittings, because I was so curious to see how the main characters would develop. Joe enjoyed the stories, but he wasn’t hooked like he has been with the Star Wars books. He needed my support to keep going. I would love to see Matt Damon play Jason Grimes in a movie, because he is such an interesting character – maybe Joe might enjoy the movie and want to read other books by Gary Paulsen if Tuckett’s Travels were to come to the big screen. It’s tough to compete with the Cartoon Network and a full library of Star Wars DVD’s.
This action-packed, highly suspenseful collection of five stories by Gary Paulsen was one of my most enjoyable recent reads. I finished it in 2 sittings, because I was so curious to see how the main characters would develop. Joe enjoyed the stories, but he wasn’t hooked like he has been with the Star Wars books. He needed my support to keep going. I would love to see Matt Damon play Jason Grimes in a movie, because he is such an interesting character – maybe Joe might enjoy the movie and want to read other books by Gary Paulsen if Tuckett’s Travels were to come to the big screen. It’s tough to compete with the Cartoon Network and a full library of Star Wars DVD’s.
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