I Can't Feel My Feet

Trouble at Table 5 #4

by Tom Watson, Marta Kissi (Illustrations)

From the author of Stick Dog comes the fourth book in a highly illustrated early chapter book series about three best friends whose plans, missions, and schemes are sure to shake up their school.

The weather outside is frightful! The temperature is dropping fast, and Rosie, Molly, and Simon are determined to come up with a way to keep their feet from freezing off on their walk to school.

But can they finish their plan before the next snow-pocalypse? 

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Genres: Childrens, Friendship

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2020

About the author

Tom is the author and draws the original sketches for all the Stick Dog stories. He lives in Chicago with his wife, daughter and son. They also have a dog named Shadow. Tom did not want to name the dog Shadow. He wanted to name him ‘Put Your Shirt On.’ It’s a long story. Sometimes when Tom is visiting schools, he shares the story.

Tom’s first jobs out of college were in politics. He worked for U.S. Senator John Glenn and as the Chief Speechwriter for the Governor of Ohio. He has also worked in marketing and advertising. He likes writing books for kids a lot more than writing speeches and other things for grown-ups. He thinks kids are way smarter than grown-ups.

He LOVES writing the Stick Dog adventures.

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the better books in the series. The kids are resourceful and kind here. Simon always amuses my kids and wish there were more in the series.

[Alexa Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the theme because it’s winter and I like it because it’s all about heat and warming up in the winter!!😋😜😍🤩🥳🥳 this is a great book for science lovers out there!!🧪⚗️🔬🧬

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not one of my favorite middle school books.

3 stars

Happy Reading!

[Margaret Boling · Rating 5 out of 5]

6/18/2023 ~ Really cool engineering of a way to stay warm while traveling to school in sub-freezing temperatures.

This series has an interesting feature of reading encouragement: after each chapter, there is a box colored in to show the number of chapters completed and how many words the reader has read. I found this annoying, since I'd rather have the focus on an enjoyment of the story and characters (emotional, not numeric.) When I started Book 2, I was wishing that there had been 1-2 pages to introduce the characters, as so many early chapter books have.

The books do celebrate the unique (and quirky) characteristics of each child:
Molly (presents as white; narrator) - MUST have things in even numbers, counts everything.
Rosie (light brown skin tone) - excels at science; she also LOVES maps and can remember many details about towns.
Simon (presents as white) - ??? Has to TALK about things as they enter his head.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

First sentence: It was Friday. It was cold. Super cold.

Premise/plot: Rosie, Molly, and Simon are back for their fourth adventure. These three friends (all of whom sit at table five in their classroom) are teaming up to solve (yet another) problem. The weather is about to turn (even) cold(er). These three want to figure out a way for them all to keep warm on their walk to school. And maybe just maybe science can help them do just that. These three are about to learn all about friction.

My thoughts: I personally enjoyed the first three more than this latest addition to the series. But I do like the series as a whole. I'm not sure the effort it took all weekend and early in the morning would actually actually be worth it. But that could just be me. It does make sense for their personalities.

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ages 7-10, targeted at reluctant readers around 8 or 9.
This story is about three kids who problem solve to keep warm on their way to school on the coldest day of the year. It's a bit over the top and unrealistic, but this book could be extended to a class activity of brainstorming other ways to stay warm (or cool).
The book includes a reading tracker by checking off the progressive chapters and every now and then telling the reader they are doing a good job and have read x number of words.

[AMY · Rating 4 out of 5]

87 pgs. The three friends find themselves in a cold situation on the way to school. They work together to find a solution to staying warm as they walk to school. Great for science discussion. Highly recommended for Grades 4-5.

[Susan Companion · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the science included in this table 5 book! I also really like how Tom Watson shows the reader how far they are in the story and how many words they have read every couple of chapters!! I feel this motivates reluctant readers to keep going!!

[Angelina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great installment! See my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Fenco Chen]

Lexile®: 600L, 5777W, 90%, 6y4m

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good for beginning or struggling school agers. Lots of illustrations, super short chapters, big colorful font and reading milestones & encouragement at the ends of the chapters.

[Dad · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like how Rosie thinks about this idea. The idea is so clever. I could not have thought of it. And Simon is funny when he gets out his muscle man costume.

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

The three friends from Table 5 are back and enduring the bitter cold of winter. They work together to brainstorm how to stay warm as they walk to and from school. Rosie comes up with a method to build a warming station on a wagon. By working together, they solve the problem and build their friendship while doing so.
Watson continues to offer word counts and check offs as readers make progress in reading this book. He also includes a summary of how much they have read if they've read all four books.