The Buzz on Books # 15

At the end of the week there are two big programs hosted at the Twinsburg Public Library. "Paws to Read" with therapy dogs will be on Saturday morning from 10:00-12:00. Then in the afternoon at 2:00 there will be a play put on by the Solon Center for the Arts will be performing Junie B., First Grader at Last. Continuing with those themes I chose the books Arthur's New Puppy by Marc Brown and Junie B., First Grader at Last by Barbara Park.

Arthur's New Puppy is the story of Arthur attempting to house train his brand new puppy Pal. Unfortunately Pal wandered everywhere and would not obey anyone, and Arthur's parents were not very happy. Arthur and his friends come up with ideas for how they would train Pal, and in the end Pal becomes a lifesaver to the family.

In Junie B., First Grader, Junie is worried about going to first grade. Her best friends have new friends, she names her teacher Mr. Scary, and worst of all she needs to get glasses, and is afraid she will be made fun of. Junie B. learns in the end that her classmates think her purple glasses are cool, and everything else soon falls into place.