Betsy-Tacy and Tib (Betsy-Tacy)
This is the 2nd book in the series. We loved it!
 | author: Maud Hart Lovelace rating:  asin: 0064400972 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Three of a KindBetsy and Tacy are best friends. Then Tib moves into the neighborhood and the three of them start to play together. The grown-ups think they will quarrel, but they don't. Sometimes they quarrel with Betsy's and Tacy's bossy big sisters, but they never quarrel among themselves.They are not as good as they might be. They cook up awful messes in the kitchen, throw mud on each other and pretend to be beggars, and cut off each other's hair.
What Do You Hear When Cows Sing?: And Other Silly Riddles (I Can Read Book 1)
These jokes are the kind that my 5 yo can understand and enjoy. She wanted to hear the book over and over until she could recite them all. "What do you hear when cows sing? Moosic!"
 | author: Marco Maestro rating:  asin: 0064442276 binding: Paperback list price: $3.99 USD amazon price: $3.99 USD |
Here are twenty-two outrageous original riddles perfectly targeted to the funny bones of beginning readers. Laughing over the sheer silliness of these riddles and their zany illustrations, young readers will discover for themselves the delight of wacky wordplay. And just what do you hear when cows sing? MOOsic, of course!
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy)
This is the 3rd book in the series - excellent!
 | author: Maud Hart Lovelace rating: asin: 0064400999 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After all, getting two numbers in your age is the beginning of growing up--exciting things are bound to happen. And they do!
Summer of the Monkeys
This book is an absolute gem! We all loved this book as a family. Set in the late 1800s, Jay Berry is a 14 year old boy who has an amazing adventure trying to capture 29 monkeys that have escaped (from a circus trian) and are living in a wild part of his family's 60 acre farm. It is hillarious, it made us cry, it was a little scary at times. At one point I thought it was to scary to read to our girls (then ages 9 and 6) because when Jay Berry is catching a couple monkeys, the rest of them jump on him and bite him and his dog all over. However, they are not seriously hurt, Jay Berry simply lays in bed for 3 days and he's better. Also, know that Jay Berry's goal is to get a pony and gun, it was simply part of the lifestyle of a boy living back then. Overall, this is a fabulous read and I'm sure we'll return to this book over and over again throughout the years.
 | author: Wilson Rawls rating:  asin: 0440415802 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry Lee's grandpa had an explanation, of course--as he did for most things. The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them. Grandpa said there wasn't any animal that couldn't be caught somehow, and Jay Berry started out believing him . . .
But by the end of the "summer of the monkeys," Jay Berry Lee had learned a lot more than he ever bargained for--and not just about monkeys. He learned about faith, and wishes coming true, and knowing what it is you really want. He even learned a little about growing up . . .
This novel, set in rural Oklahoma around the turn of the century, is a heart-warming family story--full of rich detail and delightful characters--about a time and place when miracles were really the simplest of things...
Sir Cedric Rides Again
 | author: Roy Gerrard rating:  asin: 0575037520 binding: Hardcover |
Henry Huggins (50th Anniversary Edition)
 | author: Beverly Cleary rating: asin: 0380709120 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Nothing ever happens to Henry Huggins. Nothing, that is, until a stray dog named Ribsy comes into his life. Pretty soon, Henry and Ribsy are wreaking havoc on the city bus, getting a ride in a police car with sirens wailing, and winning a prize at the dog show. Thanks to their joint shenanigans, Henry finds himself covered in green paint one day, and later accidentally colors Ribsy's fur pale pink. One week, Henry catches earthworms for his fisherman neighbor to raise money for a borrowed ball Ribsy helped him lose. One football costs a lot of earthworms--1,395, to be exact.
Ramona's World (Ramona Series)
 | author: Beverly Cleary rating: asin: 0380732726 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
Ramona Quimby is back! Beverly Cleary's best-loved and most exuberant character has been winning friends since the 1950s when she made her first appearance as Beezus's pesky little sister. Now, in Cleary's first Ramona book in 15 years, our beloved spitfire is 9 years old, and she fully intends to make fourth grade the best year of her life. Even with her spelling struggles, a new baby sister, and a fall through her best friend's ceiling, her wish seems to be coming true. Old friends Yard Ape and Howie are still around--and with her new best friend Daisy, Ramona is on top of her world!
Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace
This the 2nd book in the series that began with The Prince of the Pond. This book is fun, light reading that we all enjoy.
| author: Donna Jo Napoli rating: asin: 0525453571 binding: Paperback list price: $15.99 USD amazon price: $15.99 |
Nim and the War Effort (Sunburst Book)
Nim's story takes place in China town, San Fransisco, 1943, during a competitive paper drive for the war effort. I really love how she stands up to the bully! Tender and humourus.
 | author: Milly Lee rating: asin: 0374455066 binding: Paperback list price: $6.95 USD amazon price: $6.95 USD |
"Details place the affecting story in a real, not idealized, America." --Kirkus Reviews
"It’s the last day of the newspaper drive and Nim, a Chinese-American girl in San Francisco during World War II, is determined to win. Her nearest rival has cheated. Undaunted, she leaves Chinatown and walks up Nob Hill after school, determined to find more scrap newspaper. Nim’s sweet seriousness and ingenuity are captured in the text and in the luminous, grave illustrations." --The New York Times Book Review
"Based on the author’s childhood memories, Nim’s story celebrates the patriotism of Asian family members in embracing their new home and country and their efforts to maintain their cultural traditions. A fine addition." -- School Library Journal
Gracie, The Pixie of the Puddle
This the last book in the series that began with The Prince of the Pond, and it is a good ending. The first book is the best, and we enjoyed reading them all.
 | author: Donna Jo Napoli rating: asin: 0525472649 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.99 USD amazon price: $16.99 USD |
The acclaimed Donna Jo Napoli's beloved and hilarious series about Pin, the (frog) Prince of the Pond, continues with more funny language, wild adventure, and magic. As Gracie the frog picks up the story, she knows her friend Jimmy is special, but even she can't believe his wild stories about his human father and his own adventures as a boy in the palace. Still, she follows him when he leaves the pond. But can she overcome a wicked hag-turned-crocodile, a bratty princess, a menacing cook, and her own froggy instincts to rescue Jimmy and win his love?
