Merri

 Books Merri Read from September to June, 2011-2012 Barrows || realistic fiction || 125 || I like this book because they ran away just because they had to be squids in there ballet play. || Jingle bells batman smell! || barbara park || realistic fiction || 188 || I like this book because she got to be in a play but she made fun of the words.And she gave her secret santa coal. || park || realistic fiction || 67 || I like this book because she went to the barber shop and she got to be a helper. But after that she thought she could cut her own hare. But her mom took her scissors away. || park || realistic fiction || 67 || I like this book because she lost her mittens.But she found them by a girl at her school.And hurt her feelings. || sorcerers stone || J.K. Rowling || fantasy || 309 || I like this book because Harry had to go into a wall to get to his platform 9 3/4.And you had to tap some bricks to get to the place your stuff was bought.But what surprised me most was you had to get past a 3 headed dog to get the stone. What also surprised me was the bank got robbed but no one took anything so it is all over the daily prophet. || Dumb Bunny || barbara park || realistic fiction || 119 || I liked this book because it is different than the other Junie B's. Junie's friend had an egg hunt. Junie ended up fighting with all her friends over something that turned out to be really silly. || park || realistic fiction || 79 || I like this book because Junie B lost her tooth but her parents said to put it under her pillow.But she didn't so they got into a big fight. || park || realistic fiction || 67 || I like this book because Junie B was at school but then she heard that the class was going on a field trip too a farm but she didn't want too. so when her mother heard she said it would be fun.And got all farm close for her. || park || realistic fiction || 86 || Junie B copied someone's homework. Then at a test she copied someone's paper. Her teacher sent home a note for her parents to sign. Her parents were not pleased and Junie got punished. Junie learned that it is not right to cheat. She lost recess and got punished. || park || realistic fiction || 69 || I liked this book. Junie had a sleepover with her friend who was rich. Junie was super excited at her friends' fancy house. She was too active and broke stuff. They went into the guest room and jumped like crazy on the bed. The girls got scolded bad by the girl's grandmother. Junie was not allowed to ever go back. || park || realistic fiction || 66 || At pet day in school, the students could bring in small animals, but not big. Junie wanted to bring a dead fish to school. She thought it was alive and she put a leash on it. Then she tried a worm, then a fly, then ants with a cheese puff. She couldn't bring her dog or cat. But she could have brought a picture of the big animals. She ended up bringing a fish stick. It got a ribbon that said most best behaved. || NICE JOB ON THE QUALITY OF THE COMMENTS. || The words were all funny because the first letters were mixed up. Like instead of Bunny Rabbit, it said Runny Babbit. || Park || realistic fiction || 69 || Junie graduated from afternoon kindergarten and going into first grade. She was really worried becuase she spilled grape juice on her graduation outfit. The kids all laughed at Junie at first, but then felt bad for hurting her feelings, so all her friends colored their outfits just like hers. The teacher said they were literally the most colorful graduation kids she had ever seen. || Park || realistic fiction || 69 || Junie's family was going to have a little brother. When her grandmother came over, she told Junie that the baby was the cutest monkey she had ever seen. It was just an expression, but Junie thought she was really getting a monkey. She told her class and they all laughed. The principal called the grandmother who said it was just an expression. || Park || realistic fiction || 65 || Junie liked spying so she hid in a hamper in her grandfather's room. When her grandfather came in, he took his teeth out. Junie screamed and jumped out of the hamper. Her grandfather jumped and fell over and bumped her head. At the grocery store, she saw her teacher and started spying. She saw the teacher sampling grapes to make sure they weren't sour. Her mother had to yell at Junie again. || Park || realistic fiction || 69 || Junie was a school and a mean boy told her there were monsters under her bed. He said drool on her pillow was from a monster. Junie got scared. She kept trying to get under the covers with her mom and dad. Her parents said that was enough. Junie told her grandmother she needed to vacuum under the bed to get rid of monster. The grandmother vacuumed and then ran the vacuum bag over with her car to make sure it was flat and that the monster was gone. || Grave Robbery || Jeff Brown || fiction || 81 ||  || Wonders || Jeff Brown || fiction || 76 ||  || the place Arthur was standing started to crack!Arthur got back on land and the crack got fixed. They met a girl || Prairie || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 307 ||   || and Jack ||  ||   || 71 ||   || Osboorne ||  || 105 ||   || Creek || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 339 ||   || him a trumpet to communicate with other swans and he tried and tried and finally he got it.I really like how he used a trumpet. || on MT. Everest || Carole Marsh ||  || 122 || When Crstristna and Grant where geting ready to go to MT. Everest they found a note that was when they starded wonder what it was all about. ||
 * **#** || **Date** || **Title** || **Author** || **Genre** || **# Pages** || **Comment** ||
 * 1 || 9/13/11 || Paws Off, Cheddarface! || Geronimo Stilton || fantasy || 113 || I liked this book because it was tricky. ||
 * 2 || 9/15/11 || Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon || Paula Danziger || realistic fiction || 80 || I liked this book because it was funny and goofy. ||
 * 3 || 9/19/11 || Ivy+Bean Take care of the babysitter || annie barrows || realistic fiction || 123 || It was tricky and funny. ||
 * 4 || 9/20/11 || ivy+Bean The Ghost That had to go || Annie barrows || realistic fiction || 123 || I liked this book. ||
 * 5 || 9/30/11 || Junie B.,First Grader Boss of Lunch || Barbara Park || realistic fiction || 77 || I liked this book because it is crazy. ||
 * 6 || 10/4/11 || Junie B ferst grader Sipwrecked || Babara Park || realistic fiction || 88 || I liked this book because they did a play. ||
 * 7 || 10/14/11 || Judy Moody Goes to College || Megan McDonald || realistic fiction || 131 || I liked this book because Judy went to College. ||
 * 8 || 10/18/11 || Just Grace and the snack attack || Charise ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 9 || 11/28/11 || Ghost camp || R.L.Stine || Horror || 118 || I liked this book because every one was a ghost. ||
 * 10 || 11/2/11 || Welcome to Dead House || R.L.Stine || Horror || 123 || I like this book because every one was dead. ||
 * 11 || 1/9/12 || The ghost Next Door || R.L.Stine || Horror || 124 || I liked this book because Hannah was a ghost. ||
 * 12 || 1/13/12 || A Night In Terror Tower || R.l.stine || Horror || 129 || I like this book because they went back in time. ||
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 * 13 || 1/23/12 || Ivy and Bean doomed to dance || Annie
 * 14 || 1/23/12 || Christmas in camelot || Mary Osbourne || fiction || 115 || I like this book because they had to go on a quest for a kind of liquid to save Camelot. ||
 * 15 || 1/23/12 || Revenge of the Magic Chicken || Helen Lester || fiction || 32 || I like this book because a cow turned a chicken into a ballerina and he went claws over beak. ||
 * 16 || 1/24/12 || Junie b first grader
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 * 17 || 1/25/12 || Junie b Jones is a beauty shop guy || barbara
 * 18 || 1/25/12 || Junie B Jones is not a crook || barbara
 * || 1/25/12 || Watch me grow - elephant || DK publishing || nonfiction || 24 || I like this book because I learned how a baby elephant grows. and I like it because the elephant could use its trunk as a snorkel. ||
 * 18 || 1/26/12 || Harry potter and the
 * 19 || 1/27/12 || Say Cheese and die! || R.L.Stine || Horror || 131 || I like this book because it was really surprising. They almost got trapped in a house. Greg stole a camera that made all these weird things happen. He took a picture of his friend and she disappeared! This Goosebumps book was one of the best I've read of the series so far. ||
 * 20 || 1/26/12 || Junie b first grader
 * x || 1/29 || BETSYE ||  ||   ||   || VERY GOOD COMMENTS, MERRI. KEEP IT UP. Remember what gets capitalized in a title and that names always begin with capital letters. ||
 * 21 || 1/27 || Junie b first grader - Toothless Wonder || barbara
 * 22 || 1/27 || Junie b first grader - Peeps in Her Pocket || barbara
 * 23 || 1/28 || Junie b first grader - Cheater Pants || barbara
 * 24 || 1/28 || Junie b first grader - Is a Party Animal || barbara
 * 25 || 1/29 || Junie b first grader - Smells Something Fishy || barbara
 * 26 || 1/30 || Here we all are || Tomie DePaola || autobiography || 71 || Tomie and his family moved into a new house. There was a bad storm on his old street that ruined his house. The storm damaged an apartment building. Other families in the apartment had to find new homes. Tomie's family took in many of the families and kids because the wood houses were destroyed. What surprised me the most was that Tomie moved into a new house after the hurricane. It was their very own new house. Not an apartment. ||
 * X || 1/30 || BETSYE TO MERRI ||  ||   ||   || PLEASE INCLUDE THE DATE FOR WHEN YOU FINISH EACH BOOK SO THAT I CAN KEEP TRACK OF YOUR PROGRESS.
 * X || 2/1 || Merri and Mom to Betsye ||  ||   ||   || Thank you. oops. Added the dates. We are about to add the books from back in December/early January (finally unpacked) as well as recent reads. Hope it ok that they are out of order. Mom is helping to enter the information so that Merri can focus on dictating descriptions. ||
 * 27 || 12/11 || Fox in Socks || Dr Seuss || Fantasy || 61 || The fox kept saying these funny rhymes and Knox kept saying, I can't say that. The fox kept saying the rhymes over and over and they kept getting harder. In the end, Knox shoved Fox into a bottle and said goodbye! You have to read this book slowly because it is a dangerous tongue twister. In the end it asks, now is your tongue numb? ||
 * 28 || 12/11 || The Worryworts || Pamela Edwards || Fantasy || 28 || I liked this book. There were three animals who were friends. They wanted to explore the world, but they kept asking "Wait! what if?!" Then they'd list a bunch of things that they were afraid of. Then one would say, we won't be worrywarts! And he would give a solution or a way to pass the scary things. When they did actually run into the scary things, like a scary wolf, they whipped wieners and liverwurst and squirted it with a water pistol to send it away. The whole book was filled with words that had the letter w in it. It was a really funny book. ||
 * 29 || 12/11 || Runny Babbit || Shel Silverstein || poetry || 87 || I liked this book. Runny had all these funny words in the poems. The poems were either really long or really short. Runny was really hilarious. My favorite one was in the restaurant when the waiter said I'll tell you what we got, and then he listed a bunch of funny foods. Runny ordered a half a cup of carrot juice and a quarter carrot.
 * 30 || 12/11 || Little House in the Big Woods || Laura Ingalls Wilder || autobiography || 335 || Laura and her sister Mary lived in the woods of Wisconsin in a little house. My favorite part of this story how Laura used to play with a corn cob wrapped in a handkerchief as a doll, because she didn't have a real doll, even though Mary had a real rag doll. Laura was jealous, but Mary let Laura play with it. But at Christmas, the first thing Laura saw in her stocking was a rag doll. Laura named her Charlotte. She wanted to show her mom that she wasn't selfish so she let the other girls hold her. ||
 * 31 || 1/12 || Meg Mackintosh Case of the Missing Babe Ruth Baseball || Lucinda Landon || mystery || 48 ||  ||
 * 32 || 1/12 || Meg Mackintosh Mystery at the Medieval Castle || Lucinda Landon || mystery || 52 ||  ||
 * 33 || 1/12 || Meg Mackintosh Case of the Curious Whale Watch || Lucinda Landon || mystery || 44 ||  ||
 * 34 || 1/12 || Meg Mackintosh Mystery at Camp Creepy || Lucinda Landon || mystery || 60 ||  ||
 * 35 || 1/29 || Meet Addy: An American Girl || Connie Porter || realistic fiction || 69 || I liked this book. Addy was a slave. She overheard her parents whispering about running away. A couple nights later, they did, but her baby sister didn't come. Her father and brother had been sold and their family had been separated. Addy and her mother ran away all the way to a safe house. They wore other people's clothing to keep the dogs from catching them. They were disguised as a soldier and a boy. In the morning they headed to Philadelphia. It was harder in Philadelphia than on the plantation because they had to buy everything for themselves like food, candles, firewood, clothes.) But Addy got to go to school which she loved. She had friends and was getting an education. Her mother got a job in a sewing shop and got one dollar a week. ||
 * 36 || 1/31 || Farmer Boy || Laura Ingalls Wilder || autobiography || 372 || Almanzo was the farmer boy. He wanted a colt, and his father said yes, but he had to to all the taking care of it. It was a lot of hard work. Later on he had to do all the tough chores on the farm and in the house. He didn't like it but eventually he almost got to be a wagon maker. His mother said no because she wanted Almanzo to be independent and accomplished on the farm. His father thought he could still do hard work in town. Finally, Almanzo said he wanted to be like his father and grow up on the farm. The farm was bigger than ours, but they had the same types of buildings and tools and stuff. ||
 * 37 || 2/1 || A Savanna Habitat || Bobbie Kalman || nonfiction || 32 || A library book we took out for African safari research. This book helped me on my gazelle African research ||
 * 38 || 2/1 || Addy Learns a Lesson: An American Girl || Connie Porter || realistic fiction || 69 || Addy finally got to Philadelphia and she got to go to school. When she got her desk partner, Harriet,her friend Sara was upset because the girl was Sara's enemy. The desk partner wanted to make Addy and Sara her slaves just because their families were poor. They did not go for it. Harriet invited Addy over to study but then said, you can't study with us. She was mean. Addy learned how to write and read. She learned she didn't want to be Harriet's friend ||
 * 39 || 2/2 || For the Duration || Tomie DePaola || autobiography || 95 || Tomie was in a choir in the school. The songs about the war made Tomie upset because his favorite cousin Blackie had died in the war. He started to cry. This story was about the time during World War II. It was a sad time for everybody. Tomie was about my age and it was really hard for him. But the things that made Tomie happy was that he got to be a main character of a recital. He was really excited to to tap class. ||
 * 40 || 2/2 || Junie b first grader - Graduation Girl || Barbara
 * 41 || 2/2 || Junie b first grader - and a Little Monkey Business || Barbara
 * 42 || 2/2 || Junie b first grader - Sneaky Peaky Spying || Barbara
 * 43 || 2/2 || Junie b first grader -Has a monster under her bed || Barbara
 * 44 || 2/1 || Grasslands Food Webs || Paul Fleisher || non fiction || 43 || A library book we took out for African safari research. ||
 * 45 || 2/1 || A Grassland Habitat || Bobblie Kalman || non-fiction || 32 || A library book we took out for African safari research. ||
 * 46 || 2/1 || Grassland Food Chains || Buffy Silverman || non-fiction || 48 || A library book we took out for African safari research. ||
 * 47 || 2/1 || What is an Herbivore? || Bobbie Kalman || non-fiction || 32 || A library book we took out for African safari research. ||
 * 48 || 2/3 || Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake || Barbara Park || realistic fiction || 71 || Junie B's teacher announced there was going to be a carnival. Junie's parents said they could go. Junie's class was going to to a game: The Cake Walk. Before that, she was able to go throw wet sponges and the principal. He didn't really like that job! When they finally got to the cake walk game, she got to win an cake. She picked a fruit cake. Red, green, and yellow little fruits. No one was happy about that. She did not like it. It got squished and it was yucky so she threw it away. ||
 * 49 || 2/3 || Christmas Surprise || Connie Porter || realistic fiction || 61 || When Addy was working at Mrs. Ford's shop an angry lady stormed in and put it in front of Mrs Ford. It was completely ruined. Mrs. Ford gave the lady a refund. Mrs. Ford told Addy that she was going to take the dress and take it in so that Addy could have a Christmas dress. Addy's mom made her a new rag doll for Christmas and since there were left over scraps from Addy's dress, Addy decided to make her mom a scarf for Christmas. ||
 * 50 || 2/4 || Happy Birthday Addy! || Connie Porter || realistic fiction || 61 || When Addy was riding in an ice truck with her papa, she passed an ice cream store and thought that it would be a great day for an ice cream, but the store was only for white boys and girls. Her papa found a busted up ice cream maker. He said he could fix it. Addy did not know her own birthday, so the lady at the boarding house told Addy to pick any day she wanted to celebrate as her birthday. Addy picked the day that the war ended, April 9th. Papa said she could have ice cream and pie on her birthday with ice cream from the busted machine and the boarding house lady made the pies. ||
 * 51 || 2/6 || Changes for Addy || Connie Porter || realistic fiction || 61 || In this story, Addy got to see her Auntie and her sister again. Addy and her family searched all over before they found them. Her auntie died and her uncle had died in a soldier camp. Because Addy learned how to read so good, she got to read the Emancipation Proclamation on the anniversary of it. That was the document that freed slaves. It made slavery illegal. ||
 * 52 || 2/7 || Stanley: Flat Again! || Jeff Brown || fiction || 87 || When Stanley was picking out a book for his school, Arthur was bouncing a tennis ball against the wall. Hey Stanley, catch. The ball hit Stanley's shoulder. His back turned into the corner of the bookshelf and all of a sudden he became flat again. Whenever his parents saw Stanley again they thought the bulletin board was loose again. They brought Stanley to Dr. Dan. The doctor said it hit him in his OFP which caused him to go flat. Stanley wanted to go to school. Arthur tried to pump him up with a bicycle pump but it didn't work. Stanley got to be a sail in his dad's friend's sailboat race. ||
 * 53 || 2/8 || Stanley and the Magic Lamp || Jeff Brown || fiction || 100 || Stanley got his mom a little tea pot for her birthday. It looked a little greasy so Stanley rubbed it. Suddenly a man appeared. He was a genie with a really long name. The best the wish that Stanley made was a confused on. He said "I want a lion. No, wait I want an elephant." Because he overlapped it, he got a Liophant! That was my favorite wish he got because it panted like a puppy, was very gentle and very cute. The only problem was that he ate a ton. ||
 * 54 || 2/8 || Invisible Stanley || Jeff Brown || fiction || 87 || In this story, Stanley turned invisible. When he woke up, he couldn't see himself! That was the most surprising to me. His family used a balloon to be able to locate where Stanley was. Stanley hated being invisible. He could speak but because no one could see him he wasn't invited to parties or anything. Arthur had the idea to try to recreate how Stanley turned invisible. He wore the same pajamas, had his mom and dad act out thunder an lightening, and Stanley ate fruit by the window. Finally, at the last raisin he became visible again. ||
 * 55 || 2/9 || Katie Kazoo - Girls Don't Have Cooties || Nancy Krulik || Fiction || 76 || When Susanne, one of Katie's best friend, had an all-girl party, Katie's other best friend, Jeremy, found out he was angry and told all the other boys. Then they started a girl against boys fight. But then Jeremy invited Mandy, so the boys got mad at him and it was boys against boys. Then the boys started a club. The girls started a club. Then the whole class got detention. Then Jeremy and Katie decided they should start their own club because the clubs were fighting and they didn't want to be part of the mean clubs. ||
 * 56 || 2/10 || 26 Fairmount Avenue || Tomie DePaola || autobiography || 57 || This part of Tomie's story focuses on when they were moving to a new house. Before they could move a hurricane hit and all their neighbors piled into their apartment. After the hurricane they started building the new house. The house was on a little hill in the country. Before they could finish they put a street and street lamps and dug out dirt for a city road. Tomie's parents were really upset because they wanted to live way out in the country and now it was on a street. The backyard needed to be plowed for their gardens. And they had to burn -- Burn! -- down the back yard to make it useable. To put out a low fire they would use wet brooms, but this fire got too big and they needed to use a hose. It was not a good day for Tomie. In the end he loved his new house. ||
 * 57 || 2/12 || Ice Dreams || Lisa Papademetriou || fiction || 192 || This was a book about ice skating. Rosa had just moved and she was in time to enter a competition. Rosa came in third place - last place for medals. The girl she was trying to beat came in first. Rosa was really jealous. Rosa kept on practicing until she was worn out. But even then she only placed third. ||
 * 58 || 2/13 || The Great Egyptian
 * 59 || 2/14 || Chocolate Town || Carole Marsh || mystery || 115 ||  ||
 * 60 || 2/15 || The Great Chinese
 * 61 || 2/17 || Turn Homeward Hannalee || Patricia Beatty || fiction ||  ||   ||
 * 62 || 2/16 || Flat Stanley - Great Expedition (Canada) || Jeff Brown || fiction ||  || Stanley and Arthur took a trip to mount Rushmore. At the top Arthur teased Stanley when
 * 63 ||  || Underground Railroad || Carole Marsh || mystery || 110 ||   ||
 * 64 || 2/18 || Katie Kazoo - Kids in Charge || Nancy Krulik || fiction ||  ||   ||
 * 65 ||  || Little House on the Prairie || Laura Ingalls Wilder || autobiography ||   ||   ||
 * 66 ||  || Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets || J.K. Rowling || fiction ||   ||   ||
 * 67 || 3/1 || Animal Adventures || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 70 ||   ||
 * 68 || 3/1 || Christmas Stories || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 72 ||   ||
 * 69 || 3/1 || Pioneer Sisters || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 73 ||   ||
 * 70 || 3\1 || Farmer boy days || Laura IngallsWilder ||  || 71 ||   ||
 * 71 || 3/1 || Eiffel Tower || Carole Marsh ||  || 129 ||   ||
 * 72 || 3/5 || to Dance || Siena Siegel ||  || 50 ||   ||
 * 73 || 3/5 || Little Town On the
 * 74 ||  || School days || Laura IngallsWilder ||   || 68 ||   ||
 * 75 ||  || Laura's ma || Laura IngallsWilder ||   || 71 ||   ||
 * 76 ||  || Adventures of Laura
 * 77 ||  || The nutcraker ||   ||   || 84 ||   ||
 * 78 ||  || Charlotte's web || E.B White ||   || 184 ||   ||
 * 79 ||  || Stuart Little || E.B White ||   || 131 ||   ||
 * 80 ||  || Beezusand ramona || Beverly Clerary ||   || 159 ||   ||
 * 81 ||  || Look Before You leep! || Anne Mazer ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 80 ||  || Calvin And Hobbes || bill Watterson ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 82 ||  || Little Boy Farm days || Laura IngallsWilder ||   || 96 ||   ||
 * 83 ||  || Blizzard of the Blue Moon || Mary Pope
 * 84 ||  || On the Banks of Plum
 * 85 ||  || Three Against The Tide || D.Annie Love ||   || 162 ||   ||
 * 86 ||  || The Trumpet of the Swan || E.B white ||   || 425 || When louis a trumpeter swan was a baby his mother and father noticed that he did not have a voice his father got
 * 87 ||  || The Breathtaking Mystery
 * 88 ||  || The Mystery on the Great Barrier Reef || Carole Marsh ||   || 124 ||   ||