Ian's Reading ...

An almost-middle-schooler muses and writes about books ... because his mom makes him.

Friday, November 16, 2007

book 149 :: meet the barkers



meet the barkers
by tomie depaola

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book 147 :: franklin's bad day



franklin's bad day
by paulette bourgeois and brenda clark

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book 146 :: wacky wednesday



wacky wednesday
by theo leseig

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book 142 :: penguins!



penguins!
by gail gibbons

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book 141 :: i spy



i spy
by jean marzollo

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book 140 :: curious george



curious george
by h.a. rey and margaret rey

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book 137 :: if i had a robot dog



if i had a robot dog
by andrea baruffi

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book 133 :: the scrambled states of america



the scrambled states of america
by laurie keller

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

book 132 :: hooper humperdink ...? not him!



hooper humperdink ...? not him!
by theo lesieg (i.e., dr. seuss, but our edition is old-school)

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Monday, July 9, 2007

book 123 :: john, paul, george & ben



john, paul, george & ben
by lane smith

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book 122 :: the popcorn book



the popcorn book
by tomie depaola

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Friday, June 8, 2007

book 113 :: what do you call a rhyming riddle? a hinky pinky!

what do you call a rhyming riddle? a hinky pinky!
by the 5th grade class of st. joseph montessori school

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

book 109 :: franklin in the dark



franklin in the dark
by paulette bourgeois, illustrated by brenda clark

Franklin is afraid of his shell. He asks a bunch of people to help but it doesn't work. Franklin thinks he is brave enough.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

book 107 :: don't forget to come back!



don't forget to come back!
by robie h. harris, illustrated by harry bliss

The girl's parents are going out and Sarah is coming. She does not want to have a babysitter. The girl has a good time with Sarah.

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Saturday, May 26, 2007

book 106 :: secret at dolphin bay



secret at dolphin bay
by DK

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Thursday, May 24, 2007

book 105 :: make way for ducklings



make way for ducklings
by robert mccloskey

A duck family lays 8 eggs. One day the mom goes out for a walk over the streets but cars keep coming. The Police Officers take them back home.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

book 104 :: professor noah's spaceship



professor noah's spaceship
by brian wildsmith

A guy named Noah makes a space ship for animals. It's going to a far away planet but they got lost in the past! They all get home safely to normal Earth.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

book 103 :: curious george learns the alphabet



curious george learns the alphabet
by h. a. rey

George wants to learn the alphabet. First, he learned to do ABCDEFGHIJKLM. Then, he learned NOPQRSTUVWXYZ. George finished!

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Monday, May 21, 2007

book 102 :: the great graph contest



the great graph contest
by loreen leedy

Two kids have a graph contest. Each one makes 3 graphs. It was a tie. They both won.

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

book 101 :: much bigger than martin



much bigger than martin
by steven kellogg

Sometimes it's nice to be Martin's little brother. But today he bosses Henry around. Martin feels sorry for Henry.

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