Friday, April 03, 2009

Favorite Books

I love to read, so it is a good thing that I am a Language Arts teacher! For this week, think back to your most favorite books ever. This could include a book you read last week or something you remember hearing when you were 3 years old. Tell us about that book: why was it so good, what memories does it hold, what happened in the story?

Here are a few of my favorite titles from long ago or more recently: (but don't just list your favorite as I did-tell about them)


Where the Wild Things Are
Charlotte's Web
The City of Ember
The Hunger Games
The Giving Tree
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Mike's New Bike
Peter Rabbit
My Sister's Keeper
You Are Special


28 comments:

Moe said...

The best book that I have ever read had to be The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane! This book is about a china rabbit that goes on many journeys, but this doesn’t mean that the bunny (Edward) can Walk by himself, NO, he is taken too many different places such as when a lady found him and used Edward as a scarecrow to scare the crows of and a little boy that helps this lady garden takes Edward off the pole and the boy gives Edward to his little sister that has an illness, and ends up dieing. That’s not all! You must read the book to find out more information, and believe me this book is great, since you never know what is going to happen next.

STEWART said...

My favorite book ever would probably be How much I lave you. It is a book about a baby rabbit and his mother. The baby rabbit tells his mom haw muche he loves her by opening his arms out wide. Then his mom tells him she loves him as high as she can jump.Then they start making up all these things about how much they love eachother. One of the things I remember is "I love you as much as going to and back from the moon seven times." I always asked my mom to read me that book, and after I would teel her how much I loved her.

moomoo8 said...

My favorite book would proably be the twilight series!!!! The books are so good and Stephanie Meyer did an amazing job writing the books. i think a lot of people know what there about but i'll brfiefly share a little about them. In twilight James tries killing Bella. In New Moon Edward leaves so bella becomes friends with a werewolves and when Edward comes back he thinks Bellas dead so he goes to the Valtouri and he wants the Valtourie to kill him. In Eclipse Victoria gets a group of newborn vampires ready to start a battle and the newborns are attacking people. and in Breaking Dawn nothing really bad happens but Jacob imprints on Renesme.

moomoo8 said...

My favorite book would proably be the twilight series!!!! The books are so good and Stephanie Meyer did an amazing job writing the books. i think a lot of people know what there about but i'll brfiefly share a little about them. In twilight James tries killing Bella. In New Moon Edward leaves so bella becomes friends with a werewolves and when Edward comes back he thinks Bellas dead so he goes to the Valtouri and he wants the Valtourie to kill him. In Eclipse Victoria gets a group of newborn vampires ready to start a battle and the newborns are attacking people. and in Breaking Dawn nothing really bad happens but Jacob imprints on Renesme.

gota dash said...

The book I read was called Eragon. Eragon is out hunting when a large blue rock appears in front of him. Later he finds out it is a dragon egg. When the egg hatches, he touches the dragon and became a dragon rider. Later he names the dragon Sapphire. When he and Sapphire are found out, they flee from Carvahall with Brom. Brom’s dragon killed in battle, but Eragon did not know about this until Brom died. While he was wandering around Alagaesia, he was captures and prisoned in Gil’ead. Later he escapes with the help of Murtagh’s from a shade named Durza with an elf. A shade is some one who is controlled by spirits. They go to the Vardens and while they were there an army of Urgals controlled by Durza attacked them. Arya, the elf broke the star sapphire giving Eragon enough time to stab Durza in the heart. All of a sudden the battle stopped. The Vardens have won but Eragon hade paid a terrible price for it, he had a long scar on his back. The book kind of relates to the bible so that’s why I like reading the series.

Moby said...

My favorite book is is the fish one by doctor susse because I liked rimes and fish from when I was a little kid. It is a cool book that everyone should read especially a little kid. It is a very easy book to read and its wrote by a good author. I like to hear any doctor susse book but this is my favorite. My sister likes it to. That is also the first book that was read to me and the first whole book I read in the 1st grade. I love the book because it is just the best riming book.

Hidden Mickey said...

My favorite book would probably be Hockey Chronicle or Hockey Superstars: Legends and Young Lions. Hockey Chronicle is the history of hockey from 1892-2006. It is packed with loads of information about hockey from way back to modern times. This is such a good book I have read it cover to cover. It is a 700 page book that weighs 5 pounds! The other book Legends and Young Lions was found by looking for another book. I like that book too. Joe Thornton is in this book which was about the only reason I got it. I like this book also because it has many of today’s stars as well as those stars from the early 1900’s. I really like this book and always read Joe Thornton’s biography. I really like these photo packed historical and modern books.

moomoo8 said...

Miss Miller im changing my name to moni.
P.S. Im blogging from Florida haha its 80 degrees every day!!!!!And its amazing

bobbyjack said...

My favorite book/series is the wedding planner’s daughter well it has three books the wedding planner’s daughter second cupid chronicles three Willa by heart I did that for my book report I like them because Willa mom is a wedding planner who they live on a beach and Willa is getting into trouble sometimes and I love or you could say I like girl books. I like Willa the author in book maid her very good. They keep my mind going in the books. I just thing their good books for a girl who like girl books. This is the author Coleen Murtagh Paratore and I want the author to make a 4th book.

mooses21 said...

My favorite would have to be the Twilight series. In the first Edward and Bella meet, fall in love Ect. Ect. Ect. Then 3 horrible (non vegetarian)vampire come and James tire to kill Bella(but dies trying). In the 2nd Edward leave (but comes back people). In the third Victoria comes to kill Bella. 4th Book they have a wedding and have a child names Renesmee and live happily ever after.

My second favorite Is Trumpet of the Swan it’s about a swan who is very talented he can write and play the trumpet (waddya know!) and I forget the rest!!!!!!!!!!

Stick boy said...

My favorite book is called Fabelhaven. It is about two kids that go to their Grandpa house.(Seth and his sister[I forgot her name]) Then they figure out that their grandpa’s forest is really a preserve for mystic creatures like fauns, centaurs, witches, fairies, naiads, and a whole bunch of other creatures. Then Seth gets turned into a walrus by fairies (you’ll have to read the book to find out why) then one night their grandpa tells them to put earplugs in and to stay in bed no matter what till morning, and that’s all I’m going to tell you cause its an exiting book!

MMMMAAAATTTT said...

One of my favorite books is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I like them because they are funny and they tell a good tale. They are a good series to. They also hold memories like, not being able to put it down. I also was watching a dog while reading these books. She always wanted to play but I couldn’t set the book down. My favorite book of the series is the third one. In the story Greg’s dad made him play soccer and he never played, a parent said something. He hated it and his dad didn’t let him quit. So he moved to goalie And let the winning goal in.

Streak said...

My favorite book would probably be dragons in our mist I think Brian Davis did a really good job righting the books. I have read the first book raising dragons p.s. I did that book for my book report. The summary of the book is where a girl named bonnie and a boy named Billy find out that they are both half dragoon so they are set out to the cold mountain top to fight the principle of their school. Then the 2nd book is where bonnie has to go with her father to his lab.
P.s.s. There are the best books in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob said...

The best book in the world would have to be WALTER THE FARTING DOG. It rocks cause in th story the family had a yard sale. But someone sold walter to a clown. The clown use walters gas to rob a bank. but when the robber came back to the hide out. Walter fart in the clowns face and took the money back to the cops. But the cops though walter rob the bank. So walter leaded them back to the clowns hideout.So the cops arrested the clown and took him to jail. The mayor gave walter a blue madle. That is why it is the best book in the world

Striker said...

I think one of my favorite books of all time would have to be the Diary of a wimpy kid books because it shows a boy who is always getting picked on by his brother. I don’t like it because he is getting picked on by his brother, but I like it because Greg (the younger boy) never loses his temper when his brother picks on him and sometimes Rodrick (the older brother who picks on Greg) sometimes stops picking on Greg for a little while because Greg doesn’t get mad or make a reaction. I also like these books because once you start it is very hard to stop.

Dancer 9721 said...

My favorite book has to be the Mother Daughter Book Club series! I love them SO much and I can’t really think of why I love them so much. Maybe it’s because Heather Vogel Fredrick writes them so well. Or maybe I feel I can relate to the characters in the book. The main characters are Cassidy (mom, older sister and stepfather) Megan (mom and dad) Emma (mom, older brother, and dad) and Jess (twin little brothers, mom, and dad)
In the first book they start the book club and have many adventures like going to New York, having parties, and school dances. The second book is about saving half moon farm (Jess’s home) and a marriage! I recommend this book to all the girls in the class!

P.S miss miller my new blog name is Dancer 9721

elmo said...

My all-time favorite books would have to be the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. What I really like about those books is that they are funny and they have comics in them. Another really cool thing is that there is always something happening in them. I think my favorite one is the first. I think the funniest part in it is that a long time ago somebody dropped a piece of cheese on a basketball court and it grew mold on it and everybody was scared of it. They said if you touched it you would get the cheese touch and the only way to get rid of it was to touch somebody else. Greg ate the cheese and so he had the cheese touch but he gave it to a new kid.

Small fry said...

My favorite book of all time would have to be the Diary of a wimpy Kid series because they have comics in them and they are really funny. They are almost addicting to read. My favorite book of the series would have to be the first one because Greg and Rowley go trick or treating in these lame costumes and can’t go to barely anyone’s house because Manny and Jeremy were scared of every house because it had spooky decorations. Then as Greg and Rowley were walking home this gang of teenagers chases them in a pick-up truck and then they hide in Greg’s grandma’s house for the night

mini sunshine said...

My favorite book would probably be Fame, Glory and Other Things on my to do List. It is an amazing book about acting (of course!) and romance. It kept me suspenseful and it wasn’t like most other books when everything goes good for the main characters (Jessica and Jordan). It was about a movie star’s son coming to Jessica’s boring old school. She meets him in the most embarrassing way and every girl likes him but soon Jessica and Jordan (superstar’s son) start dating and she talks him into doing the school play but that turns out as a disaster and Jordan dumps Jessica right before her audition so she didn’t have a boyfriend or the part she wanted. But in an attempt to save the show they get back together from center stage, kiss and make it a romantic scene (even though the characters they played were not supposed to fall in love). It was just a FANTABULOUS!!!!!!! I simply loved it!

mini sunshine said...

miss miller i am changing my name to luv acting

JW said...

My favorite book is Where is Waldo. It is challenging to find Waldo in all the various settings. There are also other characters to find too. My brother and I will sometimes look together to find Waldo and all his friends. We try to see who can find him first. Sometimes it takes a very long time to find Waldo because he is hidden so well in the pictures. These books remind me of the hidden picture page in the Highlight magazine. I loved to do these hidden picture pages when I was little.

Kylee said...

One of my favorite book would probably be The Giving Tree! That book is about a tree that loves this boy and try’s to give it any thing it wants! But the boy keeps getting older and the tree keeps giving the boy whatever makes him happy! I love that book because I love the meaning of the book! I remember when I was young my grandma would always read me that book! Another book I like is Stephanie’s pony tail. It’s a book about a girl who always wanted a different hair style each day! Those are two of my favorite books!

Tycenator 3000 said...

My favorite book would probobly be babe and me. This book is about a kid that has the power to go back in time and meeting old baseball players by just touching the players baseball card. But in this book this kid goes back in time and wants to see wether or not that Babe Ruth actually called his his homerun in the exact spot he pointed at.He ended up going back in time and seeing Babe Ruths called shot,and his dad actually ends up catching babe ruths called shot. But the boys dad ended up giving the ball to a couple of homeless kid that needed a ball to play with and then they went home. THE END

Yoshi said...

going to use a pass

fofa said...

My favorite book is The Twits by Ronald Dal. it is my favorite because my dad used to read it to my when I was little. It is about two mean people called Mr. Twit and Mrs. Twit. They always played tricks on each other. Like on time Mrs. Twit put worms in Mr. Twits noodles. Another time Mr. Twit made Mrs. Twit’s chair and cane bigger and told her she was shrinking. They made bird pies every week. They got them by putting glue on a tree and the birds would stick to it. In the end the birds played a trick on the Twits and taught them a lesson.

Hannah said...

Miss Miller I forgot to do my blog but I have a homework pass I will use.

nemo said...

My favorite book is probably the Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig. That is my favorite book because I like how the wolves are always trying to run from the big bad pig. I also like how the bad pig is always breaking down their house. Then they have to build a brand new house over and over again. Another good part was when the wolves decided to build a house of flowers. The big bad pig was about to break down their house. He smells the flowers and doesn't break down their house. The wolves invited him in and they became best friends. That is the book I like.

sunshine said...

My favorite book would probably be The Princess Acadamy. Its about a young girl who lives by a quarry an the mountains. The kng that lives in the low lands wants his son to get married and orders all of his soilders to collect all the young girls to go to an academy to learn how to behave like princesses. The girl must leave her father and sister to go to the acadamy. At the end of the acadamy, there is a ball for the prince to meet all of the girls and pick one to be his princess.
There is alot of adventure and romanc.