Monday, January 30, 2012

Summary of Captain Underpants And The Attack Of The Talking Toilets


The pages are p. 1-143 it have forward and ch. 1-24. I like this good book and it an epic novel by Dav Pilkey. If you want to check out this book go to the library and pick it up.

This is George Beard and Harold Hutchins. George is the kid on the left with the tie and the flat-top. Harold is the one on the right with the T-shirt and the bad haircut. Remember that now. Depending on who you asked, you'd probably hear a lot of different things about George and Harold. Their teacher, Ms. Ribble, might say that George and Harold were disruptive and behaviorally challenged. Their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, might add that they were in serious need of a major attitude adjustment. But if you asked their parents, they'd probably tell you that George and Harold were smart and sweet, and very good-hearted...even if they were a bit silly at times.

I'd have to agree with their parents. But even so, their silliness did get them into a lot of trouble, sometimes. In fact, it once got them into so much trouble, they accidentally almost destroyed the whole planet with an army of evil, vicious talking toilets! In chapter two said One fine morning at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School, George and Harold had just gotten out of their fourth-grade remedial gym class when they saw a big sign in the hallway. It was an announcement of the Second Annual Invention Convention. George and Harold had found memories of last year's Invention Convention, but this year's convention was a bit different. The first-prize winner got to be "Principal for the Day." Just then, George and Harold's principal, Mr. Krupp, showed up.

Long story short they got principal for the day. The author biography said "When Dav Pilkey was a kid, his teachers thought he was disruptive, "behaviorally challenged," and in serious need of a major attitude adjustment. When he wasn't writting sentences in the detention room, he could usually be found sitting at his private desk out in the hallway. There he spent his time writing and drawing his own original comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants. It was always Dav's dream to publish a book about Captain Underpants. Now that dream has come true ...twice! He is the popular author-illustrator of the mega-bestselling The Adventures of Captain Underpants, which has more than 800,000 copies in print. As well, it was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, and a Publishers Weekly "Cuffie" Award winner for the Funniest Book of the Year. Mr. Pilkey is the creator of The Hallo-Wiener, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and The Paperboy, a Caldecott Honnor Book. He also illustrated the award-winning Dumb Bunnies books, which are now featured on Saturday morning TV. Mr. Pilkey lives with his dog in Oregon." In book 2 in February 1999. To go to the website is http://www.pilkey.com and http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Summary of Hank The Cowdog: Faded Love


The pages are p. 1-131 it have ch. 1-12. I like this good book and it is by John R. Erickson and illustrations by Gerald L. Holmes. If you want to check out this book go to the library and pick it up.

It's me again, Hank the Cowdog. It was your normal, average, run-of-the-mill spring afternoon on the ranch-until Drover brought the news that Sally May's baby was being attacked by a giant rattlesnake. And suddenly is became un-normal, un-average, and un-run-of-the-mill. I was up by the chicken house, as I recall, taking tesimony from J. T. Cluck, the head rooster. He had a speech inpedamun-whatever you call it when a guy whistles all his S's. Speech unpedamin. He stared at me and blinked his eyes. He rolled his right wing around in its socket.

I took careful note of the movement, knowing that it might turn out to be an important clue. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Then the eyes popped open. I looked to the right and saw them. I memorized their conformation. Actually, they looked like every other young rooster I'd ever seen: two wings, two legs, two feet, a lot of feathers, and a stupid expression. I was having a little trouble tying this all together. Again, he looked around to see if anyone was listening, then leaned forward.

Long story short On April 14, at approximately 5:32 Central Standard Time, Hank the Cowdog lost consciousness, went into convulsions, and slipped into a deep coma. Death followed shorty. The author and illustration biography said "John R. Erickson began writing stories in 1967 while working full time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager in Texas and Oklahoma-where two of the dogs were Hank and his sidekick Drover. Hank the Cowdog made his debut a long time ago in the pages of The Cattleman, a magazine about cattle for adults. Soon after, Erickson began receiving "Dear Hank" letters and realized that many of his eager fans were children. The Hank the Cowdog series won Erickson a Publishers Weekly "Listen Up" Award for Best Humor in Audio. He also received an Audie from the Audio Publishers Association for Outstanding Children's Series. The author of more than thirty-five books, Erickson lives with his wife, Kris, and their three children on a ranch near his boyhood home of Perryton, Texas. Gerald L. Holmes met John Erickson after moving to Perryton, Texas, a long time ago...and that's when Hank and his pals came to life for the first time in pictures. Mr. Holmes has illustrated numerous cartoons and textbooks in addition to the Hank the Cowdog series." In book 5 in 1989. To go to the website is http://www.hankthecowdog.com.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Summery of Hank The Cowdog: Murder in the Middle Pasture


The pages are p. 1-120 it have ch. 1-12. I like this good book and it is by John R. Erickson and illustrations by Gerald L. Holmes. If you want to check out this book go to the library and pick it up.

It's me again, Hank the Cowdog. On December 19, we got a snow. On December 20, it snowed again. On December 21 the overflow of the septic tank froze up, making it impossible for me to bathe. By December 22 we had four inches of snow on the ground and fellers, it was cold. It was that morning, at approximately 9:00 o'clock, that I awoke from a deep sleep and noticed something very peculiar. My bed was shaking. My bed consisted of two old gunnysacks and under normal conditions it didn't shake.

I opened one eye, perked one ear, and I sniffed the air. In the security business we call this a preliminary scan. In other words, at that point I wasn't using all my sensory equipment. There's no sense in squandering your gifts, no matter how many you have. Well, I sniffed and I look and I listened. I smelled diesel fuel but I always smelled diesel in my bedroom because the tank on the north side leaked and the cowboys on our outfit were too lazy to fix it. Now, if they'd had a fuel leak in THEIR bedrooms, they would have fixed it pronto, but this was only Hank's bedroom so nobody was worried about it. Anyway, I sniffed and I look and I listened.

Long story short it wasn't nothing. The author and illustration biography said "John R. Erickson began writing stories in 1967 while working full time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager in Texas and Oklahoma-where two of the dogs were Hank and his sidekick Drover. Hank the Cowdog made his debut a long time ago in the pages of The Cattleman, a magazine about cattle for adults. Soon after, Erickson began receiving "Dear Hank" letters and realized that many of his eager fans were children. The Hank the Cowdog series won Erickson a Publishers Weekly "Listen Up" Award for Best Humor in Audio. He also received an Audie from the Audio Publishers Association for Outstanding Children's Series. The author of more than thirty-five books, Erickson lives with his wife, Kris, and their three children on a ranch near his boyhood home of Perryton, Texas. Gerald L. Holmes met John Erickson after moving to Perryton, Texas, a long time ago...and that's when Hank and his pals came to life for the first time in pictures. Mr. Holmes has illustrated numerous cartoons and textbooks in addition to the Hank the Cowdog series." In book 4 in 1988. To go to the website is http://www.hankthecowdog.com.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Summary of Hank The Cowdog: It's a Dog's Life


The pages are p. 1-130 it have ch. 1-12. I like this good book and it is by John R. Erickson and illustrations by Gerald L. Holmes. If you want to check out this book go to the library and pick it up.

It's me again, Hank the Cowdog. One morning around ten o'clock Dover brought me some incredible news. He said the world was coming to an end. I had gotten in from work around daylight, washed up in the septic tank, and hit my gunnysack just as the sun peeked over that big cottonwood tree down by the creek. It had been a slow night but still I was bushed. Must have been the accumulation of long nights. This security work begins to wear on a guy after a while. I had given Drover the night off, so by the time I came dragging in he was all fresh and ready to go exploring or some such foolishness.

He asked if I wanted to go with him. They were coming out of my bed. Derned gunnysack was getting a little ripe and needed changing. You'd think the cowboys would notice something like that and give me a fresh cake sack every six months or so, but they can sell'em back to the Co-op for a nickel apiece, see, and that sort of puts a price on my services. You never really know these ranch folks until there's a nickel involved. Give the Head of Ranch Security a five-cent bed every six months? No siree, not with cattle prices the way they are. That new gunnysack just might take the ranch down into bankruptcy.

Long story short it wasn't going to end. The author and illustration biography said "John R. Erickson began writing stories in 1967 while working full time as a cowboy, farmhand, and ranch manager in Texas and Oklahoma-where two of the dogs were Hank and his sidekick Drover. Hank the Cowdog made his debut a long time ago in the pages of The Cattleman, a magazine about cattle for adults. Soon after, Erickson began receiving "Dear Hank" letters and realized that many of his eager fans were children. The Hank the Cowdog series won Erickson a Publishers Weekly "Listen Up" Award for Best Humor in Audio. He also received an Audie from the Audio Publishers Association for Outstanding Children's Series. The author of more than thirty-five books, Erickson lives with his wife, Kris, and their three children on a ranch near his boyhood home of Perryton, Texas. Gerald L. Holmes met John Erickson after moving to Perryton, Texas, a long time ago...and that's when Hank and his pals came to life for the first time in pictures. Mr. Holmes has illustrated numerous cartoons and textbooks in addition to the Hank the Cowdog series." In book 3 in 1984. To go to the website is http://www.hankthecowdog.com.