Liz and the Nosy Neighbor

The Critter Club #19

by Callie Barkley, Tracy Bishop (Illustrator)

Liz has a big class project to complete but how can she focus on it when her nosy new neighbor seems to be popping up everywhere? Liz must solve both problems in the nineteenth book of the Critter Club series.When a boy Liz’s age moves in next door, Liz hopes they might become friends. But right away Liz can tell the boy has no interest in being friendly. So why does he keep showing up everywhere she is? Plus, Liz has a big class project to complete—an animal habitat diorama—but she can’t think of anything to create and her nosy new neighbor isn’t helping! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, The Critter Club chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!

Genres: Animals, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Middle Grade, Fiction

129 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 11, 2018

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

What really stood out for me in this Critter Club installment is the lesson that we should not jump to conclusions about people, especially if those are negative conclusions. Liz can't figure the new neighbor kid out. Sometimes he seems friendly, other times he totally ignores her. Is he fickle? Rude? Turns out Turns out, the boy cannot hear in one ear and is waiting for a new hearing aide so sometimes he truly did not hear Liz when she spoke to him.

[Chloe (Always Booked) · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are so sweet and fun. In this one, Liz gets a new neighbor and its a boy in her class. He keeps ignoring her and she thinks he 's being snotty, but he actually is hard of hearing. I liked getting to talk with my daughter about what it could mean when someone is ignoring you and thats it not always that they don't like you. I think its really good practice in seeing others' perspectives and I love when books open conversations like that. This was a good one!

[Abby Jacobsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liz and the Nosy Neighbors is 119 pages long. This book is about this girl named liz making her diorama for school. The book is also about how liz gets a nosy neighbor. Liz was to create a diorama for school, but she didn't know what animal to choose. Liz's classmates and next door neighbors is no very nice because they all have their animals all picked out and she doesn't. Her classmates and new neighbor would less nosy and more nice that would help liz, but they are not nice. Her nosy neighbor lost his chinchilla and was peeking through the fence to see, but he could not see his chinchilla. Liz opened the gate and he fell over because he was leaning on the fence door. After liz got help from her friends they found his chinchilla. My favorite character was Liz because she is very nice and very helpful. I liked this book because the worked together and found Dylan's chinchilla and they were all friends still after they didn't agree.

[Sherrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute chapter book for young readers. Liz’s teacher assigns the class a project to research their favorite animal but Liz is having trouble picking the right one, so many choices. In addition to her project Liz is wondering why her new neighbor is ignoring her. This book combines realistic fiction with interesting animal facts. Kids who love animals and enjoy reading will like this series.,

[Cora S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was such a twist 🪢 l love the book these are great series 💖💗 for therd grades ceep on making these books and l will ceep on reading the series it is like you are in the book 📚📖 i is so cute fun interesting 😄🤔❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜💕🥰🤯😎⭐🌞💝💖💘

[Boyles Kids Book Tracker · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book, Liz gets a new neighbor who sometimes seems kind of rude. It turns out he just has trouble hearing. Also, Liz makes a diorama of an octopus's habitat. And Liz helps her new neighbor find his pet chinchilla, Nugget.

[Carina · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom and I have been reading and enjoying this series while I’m in 4K and 5K.

[Monika Kozlowski · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are the cutest things ever. I love books featuring little rodents 🥰

[Evie]

I was sad it took 84 pages for the chinchilla to show up. The nosy neighbor was the human and the story was much more focused on the diorama school project. Sigh

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appropriate for: all ages!

My 7 year old daughter loves Critter Club and so do I.

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute series!

[Bella · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve seen the popularity of these titles with grade 2-4 children, while this one is my first. Nice illustration supporting plot, no redundant depiction.