Noticing a popular book series for 4th through 6th graders was gathering dust on the highest book shelves in the library, I decided to promote/introduce this series during story time. The Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of 12 books penned by the uniquely humorous and intelligent author, Lemony Snicket. His series begins with Book One, The Bad Beginning, where the three Baudelaire children become orphans when their parents die in a fire. Their house and all their possessions burn down while they are at the beach on a rainy day. Count Olaf, a distant relative, adopts the children because he lives closer to where the Baudelaire children lived before than any other relatives. The bizarre, eye-obsessed Count Olaf cares only for the Baudelaire fortune and will stop at nothing to obtain the fortune. He neglects the children and expects them to cook and clean and do things children would normally never be expected to do. If you are feeling like the world is against you, read the Series of Unfortunate Events then you will feel as if you don't have it so bad because no one, I mean, NO ONE has it as bad as Violet, Claus, and little Sunny and they never give up hope and always try to find their way out of their predicaments.
To get a quick overview of the book series go to http://www.lemonysnicket.com/vile videos and watch "12 books in 120 seconds" narrated by Tim Curry.
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