When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance to lose it.

by teresa

The Read-a-thon is now officially over(I'm sure your sick of hearing about it).
Ben tried to hang in there till he couldn't hold a book for exhaustion.
We went to Barnes & Noble tonight and got Starbucks and read...for several hours.
Ben sat there....at the Starbucks table and read OUT LOUD to me.
No embarassment...no thoughts to anyone but us. Two entire books.
He is so awesome.
We came home, went upstairs, got into jammies and finished up Old Yeller.
He was upset by the ending...but said he really liked the book.
I told him we would get the movie from the library this weekend.
Are you ready for his total?
Drum roll please.....
1,845 minutes reading!
These are the books he read in the last 15 days:
Curious George at the Parade
Curious George Visit’s a Toy Store
Curious George Goes to a Movie
Curious George and the Pizza
Curious George Takes a Job
Curious George Gets a Medal
Curious George Rides a Bike
The Bible
Old Yeller
Bridge to Terabithia
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Pretzel
And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry St.
Happy Birthday to You
Horrible Harry and the Goog
Skippyjon Jones
Froggy’s Day with Dad
Too Many Frogs
Don’t Forget to Come Back
The Bunyans
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Chesters Way
Zelda and Ivy
Superdog the Heart of a Hero
The Hello, Goodbye Window
The Soccer Mom for Outerspace
Bad Kitty
Hooway for Wodney Wat
Bowl of Rain
Don’t Feed Your Babysitter to the Boa Constrictor
Surprising sharks
Ruby
Mouse Soup
Blizzard of the Blue Moon
The Footbook
Dragon Book
Beatrice Doesn’t Want to
My School is a Zoo
The Old Woman Who Named Things
The Princess Knight
Ish
The Dot
Part-time Dog
The Dog Who Cried Wolf

We will continue to collect money over the weekend...and turn everything in on Monday.
It will take another week to find out who won.
Thank you to all who gave...and supported Ben in his efforts.
Cross your fingers!