Tony Baloney School Rules Hardcover – June 25, 2013

We originally borrowed this book from the local library and, at first, my three year old son didn't like it. He was more into the car books we borrowed, but as we read the story over and over again, he started repeating the phrases that made the book so memorable. In fact, my son liked it so much, we purchased the book from Amazon. We only purchase books from garage sales or similarly cheap venues, so paying almost full price is a testament to how much our son loves this book. We also purchased the second book- "School Rules" which is good, but this book is much more memorable with better one-line phrases. I can't express enough how much my son enjoys this book, so I will stop here as I can already hear Dandelion exclaim, "alright alright, don't get so mushy on me".

Tony Baloney books seem to be really innocent and cute. They always make me smile. Good news, the 3.5 year old likes them too! This story has a good message about keeping an open mind regarding your friends and pen pals. I like the fact that Tony Baloney is a far from perfect young penguin - it makes it easy for my young son to relate to him! We're going to *try* to start mailing letters to a pen pal in NYC because of this book.

It was a great book to read my class of 2nd graders before having them write letters to their penpals. It teaches that not everything you say in a letter is who you are as a person(or penguin).

This story is cute and funny. My kids loved it.

This would be a good read aloud for a 5 or 6 year old preparing to attend school. Tony tries to have a good first day at school, but there are some mishaps. He survives mistakes and embarrassment to ultimately have a successful day.

My students love his book. It is a great way to introduce rules of the classroom, especially when it is ok to interrupt the teacher when I am speaking.

This rhyming book which includes the line: "Tony Baloney did not love trouble...but trouble loved him." Was an instant favorite with my six year old grandson who had it mostly memorized by reading #4. Good fun and a good lesson about humility is hidden in there as well.

My child loves Tony Baloney! This one and the other two we have are some of her favorites to read.