Hello fellow Readers!

How is everyone this sunny Monday?  It is beautiful here today as I write this blog.  It is a sunny fall day and I just put Halloween clings on my front windows and decorated my coffee table for fall with pumpkins and cards from friends.  I love decorating for holidays and not just Christmas. :)  I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather wherever you might be.

Today I have one more Scarecrow book to share about a Scarecrow named Pete. I love this book because it encourages everyone of all ages to be readers and even shares some good books for older children in grades 5- 8.  So I hope you will get it and read it and then share it with a child that needs to be encouraged to read at home and at school.   I hope you have  made a scarecrow with someone over the last few weeks. I think my neighbor might have went overboard with them (probably has 20 or more) in her yard but I do like them.

Scarecrow Pete

by

Mark Kimball Moulton

The first quote of the book is one of my favorites."Why, I can go most anywhere by reading a good book."  This is so true and such a joy to do.

This story starts out with a boy working in the garden and he hears a voice say, "Hello Friend." He looks all around and no one is there.  He wonders if he has been working to hard.  He lays down and rests and enjoys the beautiful summer day and he hears someone say, "Why, yes, it is a perfect   day!"  He jumps a mile and looks all around and still doesn't see anyone.  As the story goes along he continues to hear someone talking and finally figures out it is the scarecrow talking. The boy and Pete begin chatting even though the boy thinks it is strange to be talking to a scarecrow.

Pete tells the boy about the books in the suitcase at his feet and asks him to please read a story out of one of them.  The boys says he doesn't like to read and it is summer so he doesn't have to read but the scarecrow thinks it would be great fun to travel together in the books and stories if they were to read them.  So the boy pulls out a book and he starts reading about a whale in the tale of Moby Dick.  Pete and the boy get caught of in the book and when the boy is done they discuss the story together.  So after that the boy and Pete read the books in the suitcase.  They read many great stories such as Peter Pan, The Little House Books, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mary Poppins, The Secret Garden,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Tarzan of the Apes.

The ending of the book is very interesting so check out a copy of Scarecrow Pete at your nearby library and enjoy a great book.

Happy Reading!!!!!!

Enjoy the beautiful weather and read a book outside and don't forget to make a scarecrow.  See you again on Wednesday and please leave a comment when you want.  I would love to hear from each of you.