Summer Reading With Daisy: Purple, Green, and Yellow

If you have been in any store this week, you know it's time for school supply soiree!  We LOVE school supplies in this house.  They all smell so delicious to me, which is why they are locked up in the guest room. This week's story is another one by Robert Munsch.  In honor of all the new school supplies, I bring you Purple, Green, and Yellow.

Brigid begs her mom for new markers.  The same kind all her friends have.  Of course, her mom buys them for her.  When reading this book to first graders, this is the time to remind them they don't have to have everything their friends have.  The mom is concerned Brigid will draw on the walls or the floor or herself.  Brigid promises she won't.

 So, Brigid colors for awhile and decides she now needs the "super duper never come off markers till your dead and maybe even later" markers. 

Well, those markers looked better than real life colors!  They were so colorful that Brigid couldn't help herself.  She started with her thumb nail, which lead to all her fingernails, which lead to her hand, which lead to HER WHOLE BODY!!!

Uh oh... Brigid broke her promise!  Her mom called a 'doctor' who gave Brigid a pill and told her to take a bath.  When she came out, the markers had washed off, but Brigid was invisible!!!

Brigid solved her problem by coloring herself with people colors so she wasn't invisible.  Her mom said you can't go through life being a picture.  Brigid said she could, because you'd never believe what she did to her Dad!!!!!

The last page will definitely tickle your funny bone.  Every year, a first grader tries to pull a Brigid.  Even though we read this book the first week of school and talk about how you can never get away with coloring yourself!  It's as obvious as when I dig in the dirt and pretend it didn't happen!!!

Summer Reading With Daisy: Pigs

This weeks, it's all about pigs.  Robert Munsch wrote and Michael Martchenko illustrated an informative book called Pigs.  

Meghan lives on a farm with pigs.  Her dad tells her pigs are smarter than you think, but Meghan ignores his sage advice. 

Meghan quickly wishes she listened to her dad's advice.  She opened the gate to the pig pen and thought the pigs would be too stupid to go through.  Joke's on her!

You're not going to believe this, but the pigs ran all the way to school and took over!

Meghan thought the pigs would follow her directions and go home.  The pigs did find a way to go back to the farm...

Meghan did learn her lesson and didn't let out any more animals.  Well, at least any more pigs.

You can't go wrong with a Robert Munsch book!!!

Summer Reading With Daisy: The Paper Bag Princess

The Paper Bag Princess is another fun book by Robert Munsch. It is fairy tale-ish, with familiar characters...and a big twist!

"Princess Elizabeth was a beautiful princess."  She was going to marry perfect Prince Ronald.

A dragon destroyed the castle, prince-napped Ronald, and burned off Princess Elizabeth's clothes!  There was only one thing not burned by the dragon - a paper bag.  Princess Elizabeth put it on and followed the dragon in order to save the prince.

The dragon loved to breathe fire and was a little too self confident.  Elizabeth tricks him so she can rescue Prince Ronald.

When Princess Elizabeth rescues the prince, instead of being happy, he tells her she's filthy!  The not so prince-ly prince tells her to come back when she's dressed like a real princess.

The ending is the BIG twist and makes all the kids cheer.

Michael Martchenko illustrated this book, like so many other Robert Munsch books.  I have to say, this is one of my favorite Munsch books!
Happy Reading!
oxox
Daisy

Summer Reading With Daisy: Moira's Birthday

I'm back with one of my all time favorite authors... Robert Munsch!  This week, I'm going to tell you about Moira's Birthday.

Robert Munsch has such a gift for story telling.  The first graders hear a lot of his stories during September when they need *lots* of story breaks.  Mr. Munsch's books always capture their attention, have them laughing, and generate a great discussion after!  Let's take a look at Moira's Birthday...

Moira is going to have a birthday and wants to invite grades 1 - 6 annnnnndddd the kindergarten.  At this point, the first graders say "oh no - those kindergarteners are going to be trouble".  Heeheehee.

Moira's parents tell her she can only invite 6 children.  Just 6.  You see where this is going, right?  By the end of the day, the whole school is invited!

When aaaalllllll the kids got to Moira's house, they realized they didn't have enough party food.  So, Moira ordered 200 hundred pizzas AND 200 cakes!  Of course, that was going to take a loooooong time, so the kids went home and grabbed some food.  Those kids sure have some interesting food at their homes!

So many funny things happen during the party with all those kids!  The pizzas and cakes get delivered right after the kids go home.  Moira is a clever girl and has a brilliant solution on how to get rid of all that food!

I really think you will love to read Moira's Birthday!  It's also fun to 'read' the pictures by Michael Martchenko!  You can't go wrong with a Robert Munsch book!!!  I think I'll have to review another one of his books this summer.  It is so hard to pick just one!

Happy Reading!
oxox
Daisy