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!