INVASION OF THE UFONUTS by Laurie Keller

Arnie and his friend Peezo have a falling out because Peezo thinks Arnie is a doughnut from outer space. It seems that alien doughnuts are invading and abducting Earthlings in order to save the doughnuts of Earth. When Arnie is abducted, he will have to think quickly to save his friends and doughnuts everywhere.

This is a fun, quirky book. The illustrations, complete with side comments (Look at the front cover for examples - like Peezo saying, "What's a UFONUT??") are fantastic. My students can't get enough of Arnie the Doughnut - the waiting list for the first chapter book is always at least 6 kids long. I know they will love this, too. Even my most reluctant readers come by the library every week asking if Arnie is back on the shelves. Check out Arnie the Doughnut - the picture book sets up the story and the chapter books pick up from there.

4 out of 5 stars
There is no AR reading level yet.

THURSDAY: Life with Favre

About a month ago, I posted that this book was in my "waiting to read" pile. I finally got to it and found it completely delightful.

I was much more interested in the Favre/Rodgers dynamic, and the personal stories about the players during the year or two of transition than some of the game play by play that was included in the book. I think my husband, and football fans who are more "students of the game" would have gotten more out of those portions than I did.

I took great joy in reading out loud to my husband the sections about Rodgers' Wonderlic scores, and his triumph after people doubted him at the various levels of his football career. I would highly recommend this book to Packer fans. It was a terrific read - especially in this dry months before training camp starts up!

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