Independent Reading Level: Grades K-1 ( )

At the Happy Sunset Retirement Community, there's Ethel, Myrtle, Harvey, and Tex. And then there's Brian. The retired kid. He's here to escape school, homework, and daily chores. But retired living has its challenges, especially when you're sixty years younger than everybody else! ( )

This book was very funny. The young boy Brain believed that being a kid was hard work for him and that he would be better off retired; so his parents let him go visit a retirement home for a few weeks to see how it would be. He quickly realized that being retired was cool but being a kid was even better. this book shows kids that no matter what stage of life you are in, you will always have to work in some kind of way. ( )

A silly premise with a great message at the end. I love that Brian realizes that even with all of the work involved with being a kid, there are happy memories along with the bad ones. A fun book for any kid, but especially somebody dealing with a lot.

Jon Agee is a wonderful author and illustrator! In this book he did a great job explaining the difficulties that children face in their everyday schedules. ( )