I love it i Think that as long as your kids understand that they should never talk to a stranger not tell you about it and not go with them somewhere alone, it is great. It got my 12 year old interested in art.
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The Calder Game
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Not age appropriate for kids under 8, age appropriate for kids over 9; suggested age 9. -
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Common Sense says
Third in the series is the weakest of all.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Calder Game
Parents need to know that the only troubling thing here is the behavior of the kids who are the main characters. Calder strikes up a conversation with a stranger in a public park, decides not to tell his father, and later goes off alone with the man. Tommy and Petra disobey the police, and Tommy steals a wheelbarrow.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about Alexander Calder and his amazing art. Why does it have the effect on us that it does? In what way is it art? To learn more about Calder, start with the links below, and look to see if there is any of his art near you that you can visit. Also, there are many books on how to make mobiles, and your kids may enjoy trying their hands at it.
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give itMy concerns are:
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
Good for tweens and older but not younger.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Not the Best in the Series, but it Has Suspense
This is was an okay entry for the series. Chasing Vermeer is still the best. Although this is obviously a kids book, this one has the most questionable content of the three. Sex(yellow): yes, I gave it a yellow. This was hardly an issue in the first two. But the sex elevates in this one, although there is only one scene. Petra and Tommy visit a garden filled with nude sculptures (read on, it gets worse). In the picture that follows, we see the frontal view of a female statue (a plant blocks view from the waist down; from waist up, we see everything, however, her arm blocks both breasts. As you can guess, the arm dosen't hide all of both breasts, so we see the top and bottom of one and the slight middle and bottom of the other. Her elbow and hand covers the side of both). Violence(gray): A man is put in a coma when he is hit on the head. Language(gray): Some mild British exclamations are used. Because of the mild sexual picture, implied violence, aand violent suspense, this book is appropriate only ffor 9+.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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| 100% | of parents say there are good role models |
| 100% | of parents say it's educational |
| 100% | of parents don't think the messages are positive |
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