Big Nate: From the Top (Volume 1)

Excellent book

1. **Humor**: The witty and humorous situations in Nate's life are entertaining and relatable. 2. **Characters**: The quirky and well-developed characters, like Nate, his friends, and his family, are engaging and memorable. 3. **Art Style**: The expressive and dynamic illustrations add to the comedic effect and storytelling. 4. **Relatability**: The everyday school and home experiences resonate with readers, making it easy to connect with Nate's adventures. 5. **Light-heartedness**: The overall tone is light-hearted and fun, making it a pleasant read. Which aspects did you enjoy the most?

As a general rule, I pooh-pooh "graphic" novels. To me, that's a euphemism for comics (Archie, anyone?) and really, all kids should be reading LITERATURE!!! Enter in one of my twin boys. He's a "reluctant reader" who took to Nate. He begged me to read Nate. Months of procrastination later, I picked on up and was surprised to find that I thought the books were honestly funny and, so long as the parent discusses with the child the meaning of sarcasm, irony and sardonic wit (and how that's all great in a book but NOT GOOD in real life) then the books are not only harmless, but a solidly constructive step towards reading "real" books. I know, readers of my review will be appalled at my literary snobbery. What can I say. I am a wanna-be erudite. So, for "reluctant" readers, especially boys, this would be a relatively benign choice (v. Wimpy Kid which I don't like as much). For any other child, this is a reasonable addition as a funny alternative to literature. These would be good on a family vacation when everyone relaxes with a book in the afternoon. I would say target age is from 7-10ish. My boys are 8 and 10 and loved them.

It made me laugh and snicker! I enjoyed reading this book. I recommend it to my fellow friends. (Reviewed by an 8 year old.)

8 year old love sit

THIS. IS. AWESOME. It's the funniest books i have ever read. so i have a couple things- 1: on page 40 or so nate says that dogs are more important than cats. any Cat lovers out there (witch i am) i just want to say that cats are not like DUMB or anything cats are actually pretty strong! my fav animals are 1cat 2dog 3pandabear but my number 2 thing to say is that i am almost through the whole series because i LOVE your books! ok. bye!!!!:)

I have not read it yet but I believe it is a great book. If you are just starting to read this series it is very funny. Nate is a kid with a very funny life. He can get dumb at times though. His friend Francis will call him a moron sometimes but when Nate gets dumb,Francis corrects him. Nate also has a friend named teddy.He is usually on Francis's team. I don't know why it is called BIG NATE because he is not big. Maybe because he is the big character or something. In the book DIBS ON THIS CHAIR NATE has a girlfriend named Angie. I don't think she is in any other book. This book is going to be great. Trust me.

I liked the book overall, it just needs some more sense because it has a lot of funny, but COMPLETELY random strips, also if you could continue the normal series further, that would be AWESOME! P.S. (to the author) You are my favorite comic/story author because your books are well made (except for the small problem in my review above) and intriguing and hard to stop reading! (Genuine Review) Your biggest fan, Matthew

I love the Big Nateseries. Personally I think it's the best book ever. I am expecting a new one Lincoln Peirce.

Kid, 10 yr old, love it.

My son loves it. He is a big fan of Big Nate!

Bought this book for my son's and they loved it.

J'ai pris ce livre pour mes élèves en formation d'anglais. Il est amusant, bien dessiné et écrit et on retrouve tout le vocabulaire de base (et plus) nécessaire pour maitriser la langue. Il est très apprécié. Je le recommande vivement.