Silly Sally

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood is another one of our favorite books by one of our favorite authors. Some of Audrey Wood's books are a little too long for the really young ones, but this one is perfect. The rhymes are simple and after reading it a couple of times, the kids can read along with it and the parents have it memorized. (Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards upsidedown...)

Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray

This is a great book that we have just discovered. It's about a little girl who doesn't like peas. And she won't even eat them when her mother is bribing her with all kinds of treats. The ending is the best.

Roscoe Riley Rules by K.A. Applegate

This book reminded me a lot of Junie B. Jones. Only it's a boy and he has better grammar. Roscoe narrates the story from his time-out corner and it is written the way he thinks. There are several of these books that go through different rules that Roscoe's had to learn. My kindergartner checked these out and read them. And my 4th grader loved them and even quotes them now. Easy to read chapters and fun.

Reading Level: grade 1 & up

Gender: boys & girls

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Sideways Stories From Wayside School by Louis Sachar

My second grader introduced me to this book. And now we have all read it. It is a silly book about a school that was built with only one classroom on each floor, instead of 30 classrooms on one floor. The chapters are short (about 1-3 pages each) and they cover each one of the students in the class. It has timeless details about school like mean teachers, gross lunch, recess, etc.I think that all kids would be able to relate to some of the students and it's funny.


Reading level: grade 2 & up

Gender: boys and girls

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