Fair Weather Audiobook

" Richard Peck - my favorite children's author (and one of my mom's favorites) does it again. He writes one simple yet amazing book after another. Funny and touching...the whole package. "

" this book was alright. nothing special happened to catch my attention, but at the same time, i didnt hate it. the main character leaves her family for a summer and goes to visit her aunt. while she is there, she goes to this fair, and she has a great time meeting people. it seems like if this was a real life story, the person would have had a good time, but as a reader, it was just a little slow..... "

" Book on tape - learned a lot about the Chicago World's Fair. Great period piece. "

" I selected this book as a read aloud for my 3rd graders because we study Chicago for the whole year in social studies and we had talked about the Colombian World's Exhibition. I loved the book for giving us some historical fiction to discuss these events over. The biggest problem was that even with me reading the book aloud and stopping to talk about the vocabulary a lot of it was over the 8 & 9 year olds heads that I was reading it to. Thus, they missed a lot of the humor or were confused at times. So now I just need to find social studies material for them. The storyline was a bit dry at times, but then the book wrapped up abruptly and quickly at the end, so that could have been improved. At the end of the day a decent book, not amazing! "

" A farm family visits the 1893 Chicago Fair. Interesting about that time period. Country family in the city provides for fun as well. "

" DEFINLEY MY FAVORITE PECK OUTSTANDING! "

" Richard Peck is always amazing! "

" Such a great little piece of juvenile fiction describing the Chicago World's fair at the turn of the century. It flowed perfectly and the characters were interesting. Fun to learn more details about the event. "

" Good! This book was a page-turner. "

" A family goes to the Chicago World's Fair. I liked the plot development, and of course Peck is great at character portrayal. "

" This book reminded me of the film Meet me in St. Louis, although the description of midway seem a bit more urban to me. Though this book I felt was too short and I was really sad for it to end, I loved it from cover to cover "

" This story is more historical than a story. Good information on the times and activities of the Chicago World's Fair. "

" This book was really cute, I enjoyed it very much. "

" Great book for tween or teenagers. Cute storyline. "

" My favorite fall reading for my fourth graders. Great historical fiction about the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Wonderful quirky characters! The best ending! Hysterical. My favorite children's author. "

" Everything this man writes is brilliant. "

" Listened to this on CD "

" A strange and interesting cast of characters, fun story, and some interesting history! "

" A great historical novel filled with humour, excitement, and an elaborate twisting plot. "

" Nice historical read. "

" I really enjoyed the characters and descriptions in this simple story. Peck chose a less often talked about period of history that had a ton of lasting effects on American culture. This was a fun story. "

" Family from the country visit the Chicago World's Fair. "

" Loved this one too. His books always make me want to dive in and be neighbors with the characters. They're so interesting and colorful and kind. "

" Fun to read with kids. "

" This was good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as some of Richard Peck's other books. "

" I love this book! I've read almost all of Richard Pecks books and this is probably my favorite! Richard Peck makes his books so funny and this is probably his funniest one. He makes the characters come to life! "

" Another good one from Richard Peck. They're short books, so not enough time to get as involved in the characters as I like to. But I love the idea of the World's Fairs and that era. This was an easy and uplifting read. I think it would be great for elementary to middle schoolers. "

" Rosie, her sister, brother, and grandfather leave their family farm to head for Chicago to see the World's Fair. They stay with their Aunt Euterpe and experience the thrill of a lifetime at the 1893 World's Fair. A wonderful piece of historical fiction for young readers. "

" I read this to middle schoolers. It was entertaining. "

" This book was really cute, I enjoyed it very much. "

" mother/daughter book club <br/> <br/>it was cute. I'm always fascinated about the world fairs. "

" Very detailed in some areas for a hisrotical fiction, but at least you know Peck did his homework. Good story line with illuminating deatils of the Exposition, not the most exciting though. "

" I loved this book. Verey funny. The story builds and builds you find yourself in awe of how it all turns out. So far I have enjoyed reading Richard Peck. "

" Loved this one too. His books always make me want to dive in and be neighbors with the characters. They're so interesting and colorful and kind. "

" This book reminded me of the film Meet me in St. Louis, although the description of midway seem a bit more urban to me. Though this book I felt was too short and I was really sad for it to end, I loved it from cover to cover <br/> <br/> "

" Historically accurate and pretty interesting! "

" Another charming historical fiction title with a strong female protagonist. "

" Who thinks to name a character Euterpe and then proceed to have her father call her Terpie? It was great! "

" Listened to this on CD "

" This is another great book by Richard Peck. It takes you along with a country, farm family to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, being held in Chicago. It's interesting to see the fair through their eyes. This is a fun, feel good book with a happy ending. "

" My children and I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to Richard Peck's books when we travel. Fair Weather wasn't as laugh out loud funny as some of his other books, but the story was enjoyable and kept everyone's attention. "