Two Times the Fun

By Beverly Cleary

Book Overview

For the first time in a chapter-book format, Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary's twin characters, Jimmy and Janet, will charm young children with their humorous adventures.

Jimmy and Janet are twins, but that doesn't mean they are just alike.

When we first meet Jimmy, he wants to dig a real hole. He likes to use a real, grown-up shovel. While he's working, his sister, Janet, pretends to be a bird! She likes to use her imagination. But the twins both like silly jokes, new boots, and talking to Mr. Lemon, the mailman.

As Beverly Cleary writes about Jimmy and Janet's doings, the unique understanding of children that she brings to all of her beloved books is coupled with a keen awareness of duo dynamics that comes from raising twins herself.

Originally published as four separate picture books (The Real Hole, Two Dog Biscuits, The Growing-Up Feet, and Janet's Thingamajigs), these are stories that a Jimmy would like because they are so true-to-life, and that a Janet would love because they are so believable.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060579218
• ISBN13: 9780060579210
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

My toddler boy/girl twins love these stories

My 2.5 year olds love these four stories. They are a little long to read all the way through in one sitting at this age. I skip some parts and shorten others in order to get through faster. But my kids love these four stories about Jimmy and Janet, 4 year old twins. They are wonderfully written and so true to twin-life. I did not know this until I bought the book, but author Beverly Cleary had boy/girl twins herself and I guess that's why she "nailed" it so well. I'm sure we will enjoy these stories for years to come. P.S. The book has some pictures/illustrations but is mostly text -- it's not a picture book. The pictures do help my toddlers understand what's going on as I can point to the appropriate thing as I tell the story.

Third graders loved this book

My third graders enjoyed reading this book. They identified with the twins adventures and the dymanics of a sibling the same age.