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     There once was a grasshopper named 

Gilbert. Gilbert loved to listen to stories at 

home and at school. But he only ever read one 

book by himself.

     At school all the other students would talk 

about what great books they were reading. But, 

Gilbert kept on reading the same book even 

though he knew all the words by heart. He was 

so bored of reading the same book!

      Gilbert had a big secret. He did not think he 

was a very good reader so every time he saw a 

book he was too afraid to try it. He would open 

it up and see all the words on the page and put 

it back. He just knew he wouldn't be able to 

read it!

     Gilbert's friends would always 

give him books that they had read and 

loved. The cover of the books looked so 

exciting! But Gilbert would just tell 

them that he already had a book that he 

was in the middle of, even though he 

had read that book twelve times!

      One day Mrs. Chirp, Gilbert's 

third grade teacher, pulled Gilbert 

aside. She told him that he was such a 

great reader and now it was time for 

him to try reading new books. She told 

him that she had a challenge for him 

to try three different books during the 

week.

    Gilbert decided to give his teacher's 

reading challenge a try. On Monday after 

school Gilbert went to the park. There was 

a chameleon there reading the book The Mixed 

Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. 

     Gilbert thought that sounded like a 

funny book. He looked at the book and he saw 

that it had a lot of pictures. It looked good 

to him. Then he started reading and saw a 

word he didn't know right away so he gave 

it back to the chameleon.

       On Wednesday, he went to his cousin 

Giselle's house and asked if she had any good 

books to read. She told him that she had just 

finished a great adventure chapter book. She 

said it was so good that she finished it in two 

days because she never wanted to stop reading 

it! 

     Gilbert decided that sounded like a good 

book so he opened it up but saw that it had no 

pictures! There was no way he could read a 

book without pictures!

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