55 Books!

A big day at the library last week! We reached the 50 book mark and then some. Our 50th book was a present for Monkey which he got to open at the library. He was so excited about the book "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" that he had to show Denise the librarian right away and had her hold the book while he went to the bathroom so that nobody would take it. (I think there was only one other person in the library.

Book #44 No More Bottles for Bunny - Bernette Ford and Sam Williams

Bunny decides to throw away his bottle and drink from a sippy cup like his friend Duck and Pig.

Monkey liked the bunny shaped sippy cup.

Teecee liked when Bunny threw away the bottle.

Book #45 So Sleepy Story by Uri Shulevitz

This is a story about a sleepy sleepy house and a sleepy sleepy boy that are awaken in the night by music.

Monkey liked when the music came in the window and into the bedroom.

Teecee liked when the music made everything in the house dance.

Book #46 Say Please by Tony Ross

The little princess learns to say please to get what she wants. She teaches a monster to say please and then to say thank you.

Monkey thought the princess should say "please AND thank you" throughout the book so we read it again an each time the princess asked for something he included a "thank you".

Teecee liked that Monkey thought the book should have better manners.

Book #47 A Trip with Grandma by Ruth Ohi

Squirt is afraid to go on his first overnight trip with Grandma and has to call home many times.

Monkey liked the tall trees

Teecee liked the part where Squirt woke up Grandma to tell her she was snoring.

Book #48 Baby and Mommy Go Walking by Lynda Homer

An older book about a Mommy and Baby and all the things they see on their walk.

Book #49 Which Witch is Which by Judi Barrett

This book asks you to find the right witch based on the clues.

Monkey like this book and had fun picking out which witch is which.

Teecee liked the frog witches eating the disgusting snacks.

BOOK #50 Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! - Mo Willems

Just like all of the other Pigeon books we loved this one. This time the sly pigeon wants to stay up and tries all kinds of tricks to convince you.

Monkey liked telling the pigeon to go to bed.

Teecee liked when the pigeon says he'll go to bed early tomorrow instead.

Book #51 Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin

The cows find a typewriter and send demand letters to Farmer Brown asking for electric blankets to keep them warm at night.

Monkey liked when the duck jumped into the pond.

Teecee liked when the duck hijacks the typewriter.

Book #52 Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer

The little boy and his day go on a camping trip and the little boy helps with everything.

Monkey liked when they caught the big fish.

Teecee liked when the bear stole the fish from the frying pan.

Book #53 Wet and Dry by Albert James and

Book # 54 Drips and Drops by Albert James

These introduction to science books were a little old for Monkey but he liked all of the experiments you could do and wanted to know if I had all of the stuff to do any of them at my house.

Book #55 Postal Workers by Paulette Bourgeois

A great story that explains how a letter gets from one house to another.

Monkey liked the big sorting machine.

Teecee liked the big bags of mail.

20 Books in Just 1 Library visit

Wow! What a visit to the library we had this week. We read 20 books. Just as Monkey wanted to. There were too many to review all of them but here is the list!

Book 24 Jack Takes the Cake by Marni McGee

Jack brings home goodies from his Grandma to his Papa but he doesn't know how to bring them home without ruining them.

Monkey and Teecee liked when Jack ate the pie!

Book 25 Don't Forget the Bacon! by Pat Hutchins

The boy gets things all confused trying to remember what he was suppose to buy at the store.

Teecee liked that it reminded her of the old Sesame Street clip "... and a stick of butter. "

Book 26 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Pop-up Book

Book 27 It's Spring by Samantha Berger and Pamela Chanko

The animals pass the message around that Spring has arrived.

Book 28 Clifford the Big Red Dog: The Show and Tell Surprise by Norman Bidwell adapted by Teddy Margulies

Everyone is trying to find the best thing to bring for show and tell. Clifford and Emily Elisabeth look everywhere for something special to bring.

Monkey liked Clifford digging in the dirt

Teecee liked when he sneezed and blew away the bird's nest.

Book 29 Eloise Has a Lesson by Kay Thompson and Margaret MacNamara

Eloise does not want to do her lesson and gives her tutor a hard time.

Monkey liked Eloise acting out

Teecee liked when the tutor tell Eloise to "Think!"

Book 30 A Girl, a Goat and a Goose by David McPhail
A number of very short stories about this threesome.


Monkey like the story about the lightening storm

Teecee liked the story about Goose's missing feather.

Book 31 A Doll Named Dora Anne by Zona Zeldis McDonough

A great book with short chapters about a girl who inherits the family china doll but her Mom does not think she is old enough to take care of it.

Monkey liked this story and paid attention longer than Teecee thought he would.

Teecee liked the part where she made the doll a bed.

Book 32 The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis

The kids in the class do lots of things in 100's to celebrate the 100th day of school.

Monkey liked the counting.

Teecee liked listening to Monkey practice his counting.

Book 33 The Pigeon finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems

Another great story about the Pigeon. This time there is a sneaky duckling trying to get a taste of the Pigeon's hot dog. Denise the Librarian picked this one out for us.

Monkey and Teecee loved this book and brought it home from the library.

Book 34 Arthur Writes a Story by Marc Brown

Arthur has to write a story for school. He keeps trying to make a simple story better by including more and more things.

Book 35 Butterflies by Darlene Freeman
This book explains how butterflies are born and how they change during their life.

Monkey liked the worms

Teecee liked when Monkey asked if butterflies eat people.

Book 36 I Want to Play! by Sue Robinson

A tiny kitten wanders away from her mom looking for someone to play with.

Monkey liked the kitten.

Teecee liked the ducklings

Book 37 Tree of Birds by Susan Meddaugh
A boy finds an injured bird by the side of the road and keeps him at his place to help him get better. When it is time for the little bird to fly south for the winter the boy will not let him go and the other birds will not go without him.

Monkey liked the birds

Teecee liked when the birds came in the house

Book 38 My wobbly tooth must not ever NEVER fall out by Lauren Child
We read this book as a repeat from another library visit. Lola has a very wobbly tooth but does not want it to fall out until she learns about the Tooth Fairy from her friend Lotta and her brother Charlie.

Monkey liked this book and insisted on reading it again.

Book 39 Big Week for Little Mouse

Little mouse has a lot to do to get ready for her birthday party.

Monkey liked the little mouse on the cover

Teecee liked the birthday party

Book 40 Superdog- The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner

A little pup is tired of being teased and trains hard everyday to become a superhero.

Monkey loved this book, we brought it home from the library.

Teecee liked Superdog's cape.

Book 41 How Do You Know It's Spring? by Allen Fowler

This book explains what you can look for to see if Spring has come. We read this book by the window and Monkey would look outside after each page to check if their were leaves on the trees, green grass, birds etc.

On the way home from the library he loudly announced "It's Spring!"

Book 42 Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters

A little baby duck comes back for Spring too early and everything is cold and frozen.

Monkey like when the duck was stuck to the ice.

Teecee liked when the duck was free and swimming in the water.

Book 43 Simon Welcomes Spring by Gilles Tibo

A little boy tries to make Spring hurry but nothing works.

Monkey liked when he tied the balloons to the plants to help them grow

Books 22 and 23

Book 22 - That toad is MINE by Barbara Shook Hazen



Two best friends share everything until they find a big fat toad, how can you share a toad? While the boys are fighting the toad gets away and after a big fight they become friends again.



Monkey liked: That toad is MINE!



Teecee liked: That they were friends in the end.







Book 23 - The Blurry Day ( a Spongebob book) by Sonia Sander

Spongebob's google are dirty until Sandy washes them.

Monkey liked: "Please Sandy"
Teecee liked : The silly muddy googles.
(Sorry, couldn't find a pic for this one, it is part of a phonics reading program box set.)

Couldn't wait for library day!

Monkey and Aunt Teecee could not wait for library day this week. So we snuck in a quick story on Teecee's porch swing!

Book #21 Ernie and the Twiddlebug Town Fair by Liza Alexander

The twiddlebugs have to borrow Ernie's red bandana to make their big top tent for the fair. Ernie looks all day for his bandana to play cowboy.

Monkey liked: The twiddlebugs

Teecee liked: How the twiddlebugs used things from the house to build thier town and rides.

20 Books Already!

Zipping right along we are already up to 20 books. Tonight we had a quick trip to the library before going to see Shrek 3. We found some very good books in a very short time with the help of our friend Denise who is a librarian at our local library.

Book #15 My Grandmother's Clock by Geraldine McCaughrean

The Grandma in this book explains why she doesn't need to get the big grandfather clock fixed and how she can tell the seconds, minutes, hours, days and years by observing things around her.

Monkey liked: The orange cat in the pictures.
Teecee liked: The fuzzy sheep sleeping in the field

Book #16 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

The bus driver leaves you in charge of watching the bus and tells you not to let the pigeon drive the bus. The pigeon tries everything to convince you to let him drive the bus.

Monkey liked: When the pigeon says "I'll be your best friend.."

Teecee liked: When the pigeon has a tantrum.

This book is highly recommended. We read it at least 10 times last night.

Book #17 My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough

A lonely little boy and a lonely bear meet in he woods and become friends.

Monkey liked: the silly talking teddy bear
Teecee liked: the bear laughing

Book #18 Captain Duck by Jez Alborough
Duck gets carried away and takes off with Sheep and Frog in Goat's boat.

Monkey liked: That the goat got left behind.

Teecee liked: The water-skiing frog.

Book #19 Some Dogs Do by Jez Alborough

Sid the dog is so happy one day he floats up in the air and flies to school but nobody believes him.

Monkey liked: The silly flying dog

Teecee liked: The happy puppy withe the big smile.

We brought this one home from the library.

Book #20 Terrific by Jon Agee

A grumpy man has a lot of bad luck until he meets up with a very smart parrot.

Monkey liked: Everything, he told his uncle that this was a "GREAT BOOK!"

Teecee liked: That Lenny decided to stay with the grumpy man.

We borrowed this one from the library to read at home.

So far so good!

Monkey is very motivated to get to 100 books, and we haven't even settled on a prize yet! Last night during a brief visit we read 2 more books and made plans to go to the library tomorrow.

Here are today's books:

Book #13 - Dinos Dancing by Sally Lucas

The dinos in a boy's book come dancing right off the page and all over the house!
We brought this one home from the library two weeks ago.

Monkey liked: "Dinos flinging gobs of cheese"
Teecee liked: "Dinos gliding by in pairs"


Book # 14 - HUG by Jez Alborough

Monkey read this book about a little monkey looking for a hug from his mommy all by himself! In fact he read it twice, and twice as loud the second time!

Monkey liked: The hugging
Teecee liked: Bobo hugging the elephant.
Mommy liked: Bobo hugging his Mommy.

Our Book Challenge Begins!

On the first day of our book challenge we read 12 books!

Book #1 Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas

The good Knight rides his horse through the forest to read stories, sing songs, get water and tuck in three baby dragons.

We read this book at the Public Library and liked it so much we borrowed it.

Monkey liked: The knight's sword and the dragons.
Teecee liked: The dragon's jammies.

Book #2 Elvis the Rooster and the Magic Words by Denys Cazet

Elvis is very bossy and never says please or thank you. When Cluck Gable the peacock comes to visit Elvis has to learn to use his manners or he won’t get any breakfast.

We read this book at the Public Library




Book #3 Snake Cake by Yukiko Kido


In this book you flip the pages to see rhyming words.

Monkey liked: The snake, of course!
Teecee liked: The ant in pants.

Book #4 A Huge Hog is a BIG PIG by Francis McCall

You have to try to guess the rhyming words from the clue.

Monkey liked: A chubby kitty is a …Fat Cat!
Teecee liked: A chatty parrot is a ....Wordy Birdie



Book #5 A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian

A book about what it big and what is bigger. A pig is big but a cow is bigger, and a car is bigger than a cow, and so on until you get to the universe which is so big it makes everything else seem very small.

Monkey liked: how small the moon looked at the end
Teecee liked: the pig and the cow in the car.



Book #6 Tissue, Please! by Lisa Kopelke

Frog and his friends keep wiping their noses on their arms. Yuck! The ballet teacher makes them all use tissues. Frog needs to wipe his nose in the middle of the ballet recital so he and his friends make the tissues part of the dance.

Monkey liked: the gross frogs with runny noses
Teecee liked: the ballet recital




Book #7 Matthew and the Midnight Firefighter by Allan Mogan

Matthew loves to pretend to be a firefighter, one night he meets Fast Eddie the Firefighter who takes him on some crazy adventure in the middle of the night.


Monkey liked the silly turkeys.
Teecee liked the fireworks.


Book #8 Lola at the Library by Anne McQuinn

Lola goes to the library every Tuesday with her mommy and Lola gets to bring home any book she wants.

Monkey wanted to know what the "foam" was on Mommy's cappuccino
We both liked this book because it reminds us of our trips to the library. We borrowed this book to take home.



Book #9 Rainbow Days by Dana Simson

A book about the Rainbow Princess and the fun in Rainbow kingdom.
This book had sparkly pictures.

Monkey liked the sparkly sun.
Teecee liked the rainbow.




Book # 10 Ten Apples Up On Top by Dr. Seuss


Three friends try to see who can put the most apples on their head.

Monkey liked to count the apples on each head.
Teecee liked to hear Monkey practice his counting.





Book #11 And the Dish Ran Away with The Spoon by Janet Stevens

Every night the cat fiddles, the cow jumps, the dog laughs and the dish and the spoon run away but one night Dish and Spoon don’t come back and Cat, Cow and Dog have to go and look for their friends.

Monkey LOVES this books. We have read it every week for the last three weeks . This week he borrowed it from the library.



Book #12 Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind by Judy Finchler

If the students at Miss Malarkey’s school read 1000 books the Principal has promised to dye his hair purple and sleep on the roof of the school. Everyone is reading books except one boy who doesn’t like any books. Finally Miss Malarkey finds the perfect book for the little boy.

Monkey and Teecee liked the idea of reading that many books. It is the book that inspired our 100 Book Challenge!