Books like Kevin and the Seven Lions

\ \ As a former daydreamer in class (and now a daydreamer at work, on the bus, walking home... oops!) and someone who loves to both read and write, I wholeheartedly approve of this little story about a boy whose teacher encourages him to channel his daydreaming into writing. Unfortunately it's not quite without its flaws. The illustrations are really very good and have been well-converted into ebook format. The text, however, could use a little work. It wasn't terrible, but there were some grammatical issues: "His heart raced, but it just isn't the same." - I'd say this should be "just wasn't the same". Tense consistency."Kevin, thank you for giving me your attention, how many baseballs does a team have if three boys bring three baseballs each?" - This is not just one sentence. "Write down the whole daydream I want to see what happens." A semicolon, or a comma, or perhaps a dash would be nice.And so on. I would never have been allowed to get away with this, not even in the 3rd grade (which Kevin is in). And, ok, I went to a private school so there may have been stricter standards... but still. If you write a children's book, in a sense it is even more important that spelling and grammar is spot on than in an adult book. Why? Because children are like sponges. If you want them to learn to write well, they need good writing to read.I don't intend this to be discouraging or overtly critical Martin Tiller. There is promise - it just needs a little tweaking.