Eli's 12 Books in 2012

Eli didn't finish his 12 books challenge last year. We're still working on inspiring him to enjoy reading. My plan this year is to read some chapter books with him and see if that helps.

****SPOILER ALERT****

1) FANTASTIC MR. FOX

RATING:  *****
Type of book: Funny

Fantastic Mr. Fox always stole the food from Bogus, Bounce, and Bean. Bogus, Bounce, and Bean had a plan. Whenever Fantastic Mr. Fox came out, they would shoot him, but instead they shot his tail off. Then Bogus, Bounce, and Bean tried digging his house up and then tried shooting him, but Fantastic Mr. Fox and his family dug under the ground. Bogus, Bounce, and Bean took all their farmers and watched the hole. Fantastic Mr. Fox and his family met Badger. They gathered all the animals while they stole the food. Then they had a big feast. Mr. Fox said that they'll never have to go get food again because they had so much food. Bogus, Bounce, and Bean were sitting at the hole for the rest of their lives.


2) MARVIN REDPOST: WHY PICK ON ME?

RATING:  *****
Type of book: Funny

At school when Marvin would play wall ball, the other team would always pick on him because his name is Marvin "I Pick My Nose" Redpost. He always told people that he doesn't pick his nose, and everybody always said, "We already know that." They were doing reports that would be dug up in fifty years, and Marvin still kept on saying, "I don't pick my nose" because everybody believed the other team. Marvin went home and had his report card, and it said, "He picks his nose too much, he always reads something that he's already read." He told his parents that he did pick his nose. He went up to his room and had some time by himself. When he got up to his room, he picked his nose and then said, "Oh, no. I did it!" He ran to the bathroom and washed his finger. He told his parents that he really did pick his nose, and then his sister asked, "Why is it bad to pick your nose?" Then the whole family joined in and asked, "Why is it?" Marvin said, "It just is. Okay?" When he got to school the next day, he asked everybody, "Have you picked your nose?" Everybody except for the other team in wall ball said, "Yes." When the reports they were writing got dug up, the best one was "Have you picked your nose?"


3) TIME WARP TRIO: THE NOT SO JOLLY ROGER

RATING: ****
Type of book: Adventure

Three brothers time travel to where Blackbeard lived. He came to dig up treasure, and they hid in the trees. Blackbeard saw them and took them to his ship, and then they had to walk the plank. The king's men came and attacked the pirates. The kids didn't want to go, so they shot a canon. It made the ship go down. The pirates were so happy, they said they would do anything the kids wanted. The kids time-traveled with a magic book back to where they live.

I liked this book because the adventure was cool.


4) MERCY WATSON FIGHTS CRIME

RATING: ****
Type of book: Funny

Mercy was a pig who mostly slept very well in the night, but one night was different. Leroy Ninker was robbing the Watsons. He was stealing the toaster and eating Butter Barrel candies. Mercy woke up and thought someone was making toast. She got out of bed and went downstairs. She smelled something; it was butter! She looked down at the kitchen, but she didn't see anyone making toast. She was tired, so she fell asleep. Then Leroy Ninker put a Butter Barrel in his mouth and tried to crawl out the door, but Mercy was blocking the way. He tried to go over, but Mercy woke up and smelled butter. She ran outside because she thought one of the neighbors was making toast. Mr. and Mrs. Watson woke up and saw that Mercy wasn't there. They called the firemen. Their neighbors called the policemen. The policeman came and saw that Leroy Ninker was robbing the Watsons and took him to jail.


5) THE WORST BOY IN THE WORLD

RATING: ****
Type of book: Funny

Will Woodman had four brothers. They would always complain about everything. Will had to wait in line for a long time before he could talk to his mom. He was trying to find someone he could talk to, and then he remembered that every Saturday they went to his grandpa's house, so he thought he could tell his grandpa. His grandpa lived in a lighthouse. When they were polishing the lighthouse, Will said that he needed someone to talk to about his troubles. His grandpa thought of a game that they could play where they could tell their troubles to each other and see who has the best. His grandpa kept winning - like him being bitten by a shark on the head and other things, so Will asked his dad for terrible things that happened when he was young. His dad said there was one thing. His brother Marty thought there could only be one person who gets jellybabies, and Will loved to walk on lines. Marty thought of an idea. He told Will that there was the longest line near them. He brought Will to a new road. Will started walking on it. Then his mom figured out and started chasing Will and caught him. Will told his grandpa about the story, and his grandpa said that he won that week.