The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up Paperback – July 31, 2018

Odds1out is one of the few youtubers that doesn't drive me nuts. I love that his videos are clean and kid friendly and honestly I think he is funny and often find myself listening in while my kiddos are watching. My 9, 10, and 11 year old all really wanted this book so we got it and they all took turns reading it immediately. They enjoyed reading it and said a lot of the stories were new and not on his youtube channel (which was something I was concerned about). In less than a week they all 3 read it and said it was super funny and they highly recommend it! Also, James if you are reading this please write more books 😁

I like his books much more than Diary of Wimpy Kids, Dog Man or other popular comics. Being a parent, I not only appreciate his humor and drawing, but his stories and tone have underlying positivity and warmth that are not so obvious that turn kids off. The pictures are funny that keep my kids engaged, but there are a lot of words too so it's good for the kids' reading time. We're a big fan of him on YouTube but the physical books are great to have around to reduce their screen time.

This was a fun little endearing read! Most of the stories are already up on James's YouTube channel, TheOdd1stOut, as videos to be watched, but there are a few anecdotes that aren't on his channel, and a little more substance to the ones that are and made it into this book.Most of this book feels like a memoir of things James has learned or experienced since as early as kindergarten onward, and I feel like it reads as such even when it's funny.I recommend this to fans of his channel, especially if they're younger fans, as I imagine they can take some nuggets of wisdom from his experience. (And for those who may not have seen his channel before, but stumbled upon this book, you should go watch some of his videos! They're fun, and typically get me to laugh when I need it.)

My son is 8 and has a lot of medical and social challenges. This is his favorite book and he’s read it twice! He’s also read sections of it to me. It has given him great perspective on his own quirks. Sections of this book are laugh out loud funny. It’s not politically correct or warm and fuzzy so don’t expect that from the book. But in our house we joke around a lot about our personal challenges and my son has a great sense of humor about his own issues. So this book is perfect for him.

My 10 year old son loves it! The author is a "Tuber" that does animations of (mostly) cute life lessons that are actually pretty funny. The book seems to fill in the details on some of those stories and adds a lot more "lessons" as well. The illustrations are colorful, similar to the animations, language seems to be appropriate... I have read a few pages and not the whole book but I'm pretty sure we would recommend it for just about anyone with a silly sense of humor.

Jame Rallison has been wildly successful running a YouTube channel with the same name as this book that explores his offbeat, eclectic views on the world.If you like the YouTube channel then you are going to absolutely love this book.This is a written book (chapter book really) written in a Middle Grade style that has a good number of colored illustrations. So this is not a graphic novel or comic book, which is what you might be expecting given that James is a cartoonist/animator.If you are new to James' sketches and humor, you have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy them. I kind of view James as a millennial Gary Larson.This book talks about his growing up, and James does not spare us views into Skittles' vomit being multicolored to "not looking" when naked classmates are prancing by in gym class to pet moths being eaten by birds in front of a class of five year olds.James says things like "back then I believed parents knew best" and "back then I thought teachers knew best." So, you are getting a 20-30 something view of the world.I did not find any grossly objectionable material for anyone 10+. Some of the jokes about dying pets, vomit, ... might be a little on the mature side for the youngest of readers. (On the other hand, they probably won't want to read a chapter book either.)All in all, this was always fun, often funny, and ever insightful view of James' world.

I bought this book for my 11 year old son. He's been spending too much time watching YouTube videos so I offered to buy him a book. He helped pick this one out as it is written by a Youtuber. He absolutely loved it. It took him less than a week to finish. It is well written, funny and has lots of great advice for kids. He says, "I liked this book because it kept me hooked and has a lot of funny true stories."

Our 10 year old really wanted to watch this guy's YouTube channel. My wife and I checked it out. It was cute and seemed safe for him to watch.Then we found out he had a book out, so we surprised our son with it. I did not put it down until he finished it and it was pleasant to hear the quiet broken by his laughing out loud at points in the book.And he has another book coming out which we have already ordered. He also has a game out, which we got as well. All cute and kinda fun to be able to spend time on something the youngest one enjoys.