Puppy Power

Puppy Power is a book about a little girl named Fran. Fran is a 3rd grade trouble maker. She has a hard time being nice to others and she loves to be competitive, and win. In the book Fran wants to become the princess in the upcoming play, but she hears her teacher and another teacher talking about her when she was on timeout. Fran listens in and hears that she is talented and bright but that her rude behavior just isnt helping her. Fran learns from this and starts to become a better person. At home Fran is also trying to teach her puppy how to behave. Fran learns from this as well and becomes good at being a teacher for her dog and trains him so that her mother doesnt want to get rid of him. So does Fran do a good enough job to keep her dog Hercules? What about becoming a princess, will she be able to change?
I enjoyed this book, it was humorous and easy to read. The pictures helped to understand the text and gave a good visual. I thought that it taught a good lesson to Fran about her attitude and for her to get what she wanted she needed to learn to behave and undersatnd others. This could be a good book to read to a 2nd or 3rd grade class. Individual students older than this would maybe like to read it as well. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read it! The book was written by Judy Cox.