The Time Warp Trio #1: Knights of the Kitchen Table

This month I read The Time Warp Trio #1: Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka. It was published in 1991. This book is over 20 years old, but it’s one of the funniest books I’ve read.

The story is simple. There are three boys: Joe, Fred, and Sam. They are normal boys who love baseball, magic, and junk food. It’s Joe’s birthday, and he receives a present from his uncle, Joe the Magnificent. It’s a magic book. With a puff of green smoke, the book transports the boys to Camelot. They defeat an evil knight (hilariously), save the castle from a giant and a dragon, and become knights. They enjoy their time in Camelot, but they miss cheeseburgers and TV. Merlin gets annoyed with the boys after their homemade baseball breaks a few potions in his tower. He sends them home with the same book that transported them there in the first place. No time has passed at Joe’s birthday party. His mom was mid-sentence when they left, and she finishes her sentence when they return.

 

The Time Warp Trio is a series of books. I have to read a few more because this first one is that good. I HIGHLY recommend this book to 2nd or 3^rd graders.

 

List of Recommended Books by Grade:

2^nd grade –

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Miss Holly Is Too Jolly, by Dan Gutman

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Time Warp Trio #1: Knights of the Kitchen Table

3^rd grade –

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Among the Impostors by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater

4^th grade –

Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry

Louisiana's Song by Kerry Madden

The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan

The Golly Whopper Games by Jody Feldman

5^th grade –

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Benjamin Pratt & The Keeper of the School by Andrew Clements

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

6^th grade –

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman

Dewey, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare.

7^th grade and up –

Holes by Louis Sachar

The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byers

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Pendragon Book One: The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

The Seventeen Second Miracle, by Jason F. Wright