Reviewed by James Lowell Healthy Lion reporters
100th Day Worries
Written by Margery Cuyler
This book is about Jessica, who is worried about how to bring 100 things into school to celebrate the 100th day of school. She can’t find 100 of one thing. On the 100th day, she goes to her family and they helps her find other objects to bring into school.
The author uses numbers counting by 10s to help Jessica get the number of objects she needed. The author has Jessica worry a lot that she can’t find 100 things to bring to school. In the end, Jessica solves the problem and doesn’t have to worry anymore.
The illustrations in the story are colorful and go along with the story. You can see what is happening in the story based off the illustrations.
Most of the students in Ms. Reid’s thirdgrade class enjoyed the book. “The story was good because she had a problem and then it was fixed,” said one Healthy Lion Cub reporter. Another reporter liked when Jessica started counting everything and realized she was getting close to having 100 things for the project.
Cub reporters recommend this book for students in grades Pre-K to third grade. This book is interesting for younger kids.
