A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban

This book is for younger readers, its a beginners book. I think it is great that the author put in some songs that Frances sings because her songs have rhymes in them. I think that this is great for children to see how rhyming can be used in just part of a book. The message of this book, in my opinion, is that it is hard to see how you are making other people feel until you have it done to you, or at least try to see things from someone else's perspective. There was one line at the end that says "Do you want to be careful, or do you want to be friends?". I think that this is a great line because it is saying that we can be friends and kind to each other, or we can keep tricking each other into doing things, and always need to be careful when we play together. I think that that is a good lesson for everyone, not only kids; that it's important to be kind and thoughtful with your friends and everyone else.