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!