Paperback: 134 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 8, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1505421004
ISBN-13: 978-1505421002
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.3 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #924,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #139 in Books > Children's Books > Computers & Technology > Programming
My 6 year old is a Minecraft fan and a new reader, so I bought this book thinking it would be a perfect match. However, Minecraft: Kid's Stories doesn't only mean stories for kids, it must also mean stories WRITTEN BY kids. I want to delete this mess from my Kindle. The grammar is poor and there are misspellings on every other page. There is even one story where the female character's name changes from paragraph to paragraph. It reads like text that has been converted from a foreign language to English using an online text converter--or perhaps these are a collection of stories written by a 3rd grade class. My son likes the stupid book so I have resorted to reading it to him at bedtime and "fixing" the problems verbally, but I can't let him read this on his own as it is a horrible example of the English language. Honestly, I cringe every time he asks for this book and I regret buying it.
Given the few reviews if this book, I thought my son was in for a treat. Unfortunately this wasn't the case at all. For clarity, I don't dislike this book because it is wholly from my adult perspective. The primary reason for the low rating is my son's response to it. This boy loves Minecraft and he tends to enjoy any peripheral item related to it. This time though, I just could not get him interested. He tried differing stories but just laid down the book and said he didn't want to read it. His response was frustrating because I bought the book to occupy his mind while I worked. So, given his rare disapproval, I decided to look into the book myself and figure out what was wrong.I realized that the main flaw with Minecraft Kid's Stories is that the tales themselves are not constructed in a manner that many kids would appreciate. It seems as if it was written by kids. This is a problem because writing is a complicated skill. It takes knowledge of plot structure and progressive movement even with the most basic of stories. Once I noticed the pedestrian nature of each chapter, I understood that he didn't like it because there was no intrigue or development whatsoever. I think he could have played Minecraft for the day and scribbled more fantastic stories on a sheet of construction paper.In summary, if you want a good book for your Minecraft addicted kid you may at first think that this one is appropriate. So did I. I suggest that you save your money and find a more worthwhile collection to make your child happy. I say this because for us, this book is just not worth it any price.
My youngster son is hooked on the Minecraft game, so I thought that this book would be a great fit. Not. This collection of short stories never came together so it didn't capture the attention of my kid. I love the idea behind the book though. I think this read would have been better served as a story with a well thought out beginning, middle, and ending.
Neat little book for 8-10 year olds. It gets them to think about creative writing in a way that engages them. My sons, who don't particularly enjoy writing, actually imitated the book by writing their own stories and stapling them together. A nice way to get your kids to read.
I just finished this piece and I don't know how to put this in a polite way, but I wasn't that impressed. A lot of the stuff in here could be easily found on the internet.I understand that a whole book was written, so time did go into this. Because of the time that the author decided to give this item; I rated it the best I could.This might help you and it might not, but it really didn't do much for me.
I purchased this book for my 7yr old who loves Minecraft. Awesome idea to create a story inspired by a game, which motivates children to read more. Great idea... Poor product. The book does not read well and is hard to follow. Too many typos, misspellings and grammatical errors. Disappointed.
As others have said, this reads as though it were written by a child (which would be fine if it were advertised as such, and if it were edited by an adult). My Minecraft-obsessed seven-year-old enjoys the "stories," but the misspellings, grammatical errors and poorly thought out story lines make me cringe.
Just saying the story's in this book I can tell are written by people who don't play Minecraft. It is like some one who never read or saw the Hobbit wrote fan fiction for it. Next time it should be written by people who play Minecraft not by adults that never played Minecraft that just want to get kids to read.
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