I liked this book because it showed that someone can get through something even though they might think that it is hard at first.

The Big Test is coming and Sam and his friends are worried. Other kids who have taken the test spin horror stories of test booklets being the size of a phone book, arms falling off and nobody finishing the test. Sam worries and worries and finally test time arrives. Sam is tense and on edge during the test but survives, admitting afterwards it was easy. Now it's his turn to spin tall tales for the rest of the untested kids. Could be a reassuring read-aloud before standardized testing sessions; on the other hand, why generate such stress in the kids?

Sam and his classmates dread Friday, the day they are to take the infamous Big Test ( )