Great Start!

We read 100 books for the St. Joseph County Summer Reading Program!

My son and I signed up for the summer reading program at the Western Branch.
We decided to set a goal of 100 books for him. We reached our goal a lot earlier than
we thought we could! We are aleady at 100 books and the summer is just starting!
Maybe our goal should have been 1000?
Think we can read 1000 books this summer? That's a lot of reading. He still is doing other studies daily too. Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Spelling and Vocabulary. Plus he is in Taekwondo and goes with me to my classes. Well, we still have almost 2 months, I say we
reset our goal to 1000! If we don't make it, we still read a lot of great stories along the way!

I made up some word cards to sort of nudge Beau into reading on his own.
It seems books are a bit intimidating. They are really long if you are only 4! As we are going through and he is looking at the words on each card, I can see that he is actually trying to sound out the words he sees. He even thought about some before sounding them out outload and said the word on the very first try! It is so amazing how much has changed just in the past month.
I tried to get him to read a bit on his own before and he didn't want to. I think he ws afraid he couldn't or maybe thought it would be too hard. But once I took him to the library he started getting into it a little more, then he got his own card and now he wants to read every book he sees! Each time we go to the library he wants more books than the previous time!

Also exciting news about the new library!
The German Township Branch Dedication is June 7th 2009!
We can't wait to see the new library!
Not to mention it is so much closer, we could even ride our bikes!

Below is a list of the first hundred books!

Title
Author

1
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Jon Agee, Tedd Arnold, Harry Bliss, David Catrow, Marla Frazee, Mary Grandpre, Lynn Munsinger, Jerry Pinkney, Vladmir Radunsky, Chris Raschka, Judy Schachner, David Shannon, Chris Sheban, Mo Willems

1
The Pigeon Wants A Puppy
Mo Willems

1
One Tractor, A Counting Book
Alexandra Siy

1
I Dreamt I was a Dinosaur
Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton

1
Bunny Money
Rosemary Wells

1
Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late
Mo Willems

1
Toy story 2
Disney /Pixar

1
Cars
Disney/Pixar

1
Toy Story
Disney /Pixar

1
Wall-E
Disney/ Pixar

1
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss

1
Fox in Socks
Dr. Seuss

1
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss

1
One Frog Sang
Shirley Parenteau

1
ten naughty little monkeys
Suzanne Williams

1
What Mom's Can't Do
Douglas Wood

1
Ships
Robert Crowther

1
Rise and Shine
Illustrated by Tim Warnes

1
THe Lord's prayer
Illustrated by Maggie Swanson

1
I Spy Fun House, A Book Of Picture Riddles
Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo

1
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Cecil Frances Alexander and illustrated by Anna Vojtech

1
Big Book Of Little Children
Catherine and Laurence Anholt

1
Quiet In The Garden
Aliki

1
Peanut
Linas Alsenas

1
Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
Frank and Devin Asch

1
The Sun Is My Favorite Star
Frank Asch

1
Mickey Moonbeam
Mike Brownlow

1
Hooked On Phonics Trucks
Hooked On Phonics

1
Hooked On Phonics Kindergarten, Puzzles and Mazes
Hooked On Phonics

1
Hooked On Phonics Boats
Hooked On Phonics

1
Hooked On Phonics Cars, Trains and Planes
Hooked On Phonics

1
Puzzle Ocean
Susan Leigh Illust. Brenda Haw

1
Highlights Puzzle Buzz
Puzzlemania

1
Hide and Seek, Focus- Reading for Success
Scott Foresman and Company

1
The Snow Bear
Miriam Moss illustrated by Maggie Kneen

1
Biscuit Visits The Big City
Alyssa Satin Capucilli

1
No Fair! A Math Reader
Caren Holtzman

1
Earth Smart -How To Take Care Of The Environment
Leslie Garrett

1
The Little Hands Big Fun Craft Book
Judy Press

1
Kid's Make History, A New Look At America's Story
Susan Buckley and Elspeth Leacock

1
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon

1
Anything for You
John Wallace

1
Once Upon a Banana
Jennifer Armstrong and David Small

1
The Tiny Seed
Eric Carle

1
Roger the Jolly Pirate
Brett Helquist

1
Fire Engine Man
Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha

1
Grandfather Buffalo
Jim Arnosky

1
Hedgie Blasts Off!
Jan Brett

1
Charlie and Lola, I Want To Be Much Much Bigger Like You
Lauren Child

1
Charlie and Lola, I am Really Really Concentrating
Lauren Child

1
Violet the Piolot
Steve Breen

1
Otto Goes to School
Todd Parr

1
Is there really a Human Race?
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

1
The World of Cars, Tractor Tipping
Disney Pixar

1
Go Diego Go! Underwater Mystery
Trish Holland

1
Ozzie and Mack
Trish Holland

1
The Little Engine that Could
Watty Piper

1
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, The Golden Paddleball
Amy Keating Rogers

1
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Judith Viorst

1
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle

1
Guess How Much I Love You
Sam McBratney Illust By Anita Jeram

1
Mommy's best Kisses
Margaret Anastas

1
On the Day You Were Born
Debra Fraiser

1
How Do Dinosaurs Say GoodNight?
Jane Yolen and Mark Teague

1
Where the Wild things Are
Maurice Sendak

1
There are Monsters Everywhere
Mercer Mayer

1
Crafting Fun 101 things to Make and Do with Kids
Rae Grant

1
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Dawn Bentley

1
Kindergarten Rocks!
Katie Davis

1
The Perfect Nest
Catherine Friend

1
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein

1
Just like Daddy
Frank Asch

1
This is Me and Where I am
Joanne Fitzgereld

1
What Could Be Better Than This?
Linda Ashman, paintings by Linda S. Wingerter

1
Tractor
Craig Brown

1
Five Little Firefighters
Tom Graham

1
Nuts to you
Lois Ehlert

1
Who lives here?
Sara Jeffery

1
The Train Of States
Peter Sis

1
The Reasons for Seasons
Gail Gibbons

1
My First Read and Learn Bible
American Bible Society

1
Kitten's First Full Moon
Keven Henkes

1
Maisy Big Maisy Small
Lucy Cousins

1
Maisy's big book of words
Lucy Cousins

1
Maisy Goes Camping
Lucy Cousins

1
Maisy's Nature Hike
Lucy Cousins

1
Maisy Bakes a Cake
Lucy Cousins

1
Jesus Loves Me!
Tim Warnes

1
10 Little Sock Monkeys
William B. Winburn

1
Follow the Line
Laura Ljungkvist

1
Whopper Cake
Karma Wilson & Will Hillenbrand

1
Albert's Gift for Grandmother
Barbara Williams

1
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault

1
I Spy Mystery
Walter Wick

1
Cats
Matthew Van Fleet

1
Oodles of Animals
Lois Ehlert

1
King Puck
Michael Garland

1
Me and My Family Tree
Joan Sweeney

1
Puff the Magic Dragon
Peter Yarrow

1
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Pricilla Burris

100 Books!
Congratulations Beau!