Flashback to the Fly 90s! Patty Michaels. Illustrated by Sarah Rebar. 2023. 32 pages. [Source: Library] [Nonfiction, Beginning readers, ready to read level 2]
First sentence: Are you ready for an amazing time-traveling adventure? We are going way back...to the fly 1990s! Lace up your Doc Martens as you learn about fabulous fads, fresh trends, and other majorly cool things that helped define the decade. Toys in the '90s were off the hook. Kids loved Beanie Babies, Tamagotchis, Furbies, and Tickle Me Elmo. The store Build-a-Bear Workshop debuted in 1997, letting kids make their own unique stuffed animals!
Premise/plot: This is a nonfiction title for young readers. It has three chapters or sections: "Off-the-Chain Trends," "Super-Fresh Fashions and Fads," "You've Got Mail!" The book ends by encouraging readers to find someone who grew up in the 1990s to find out more about what life was like.
This one covers many of the same areas as the book on the 1980s. This could be helpful for young readers. There is some continuity.
My thoughts: Again, this one doesn't cover everything. But it does have substance. I like that it does cover many of the same topics and sub-topics as the book on the 1980s. So one could easily compare "phones in the 1980s" vs. "phones in the 1990s." "Video games in the 1980s vs. Video games in the 1990s."
I liked this one a little more, perhaps.
© 2023 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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