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Godzilla Ate My Homework
Parker is excited when he finally convinces his parents to let him have a guinea pig, little realizing how much trouble such a small pet could cause
- GenresChildrens
64 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
About the author
Marcia Thornton Jones
194 books71 followersMarcia Thornton Jones has published 131 books for children with sales totaling more than 43 million copies world-wide. Her works include CHAMP (mid-grade novel), RATFINK (mid-grade novel), GODZILLA ATE MY HOMEWORK (chapter book), THE TALE OF JACK FROST (picture book) and LEPRECHAUN ON THE LOOSE (picture book). She is the co-author of seven popular series including The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, Keyholders, Ghostville Elementary, The Bailey School Kids Jr. Chapter Books, Triplet Trouble, Bailey City Monsters, and The Barkley School for Dogs.
Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,
Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
Marcia has been listed as a top 100 author by the Educational Paperback Association and selected for the Children’s Top 100 Books list by the National Education Association, International Reading Associations Children’s Choice Award. Marcia's books have received many honors and have appeared on on the Publisher's Weekly Bestsellers lists,
Marcia, a full time writer living in Lexington, Kentucky enjoys presenting at schools and conferences. As a veteran teacher with more than 20 years of experience, she easily relates the importance of writing to students of all ages.
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June 21, 2026
Now, I’ve read Godzilla Ate My Homework by Marcia Thornton Jones more than once, and I find it intriguing. Also, the main protagonist, Parker (whose surname isn’t given), sure is pretty cool, too. If I had to pick some parts I’d occasionally read over again, here are the ones I’d choose:
I thought the white guinea pig looked too much like cotton.
“How about the brown one?” Dad asked.
I didn’t say anything. I was too busy eyeing the one that raced across the cage, sending little flakes of cedar chips flying over the brown one. He had patches of brown, tan, black, and white, as if he couldn’t decide what color to be. His hair didn’t lie flat. It stuck up in crazy angles like the way some of those rock guitarists wear their hair.
The guinea pig skidded to a stop and nibbled on a little tube that was in the cage. He looked straight at me.
“That’s the one,” I said. “I’ll name him Godzilla!”
“Godzilla?” Dad asked. His voice cracked a little.
I nodded. “Godzilla, the guinea pig with an attitude!” (p. 10-12)
Cindy thought Godzilla was great. She liked him better than her ant farm. After all, there wasn’t much you could do with pet ants except watch them work.
We played with Godzilla all afternoon, and all the next day, too. Godzilla liked it when we made tunnels out of grocery bags. (p. 18)
Mom always made me do my homework as soon as I got home. Then I had to pack it in my backpack. That way Mom said I wouldn’t forget it the next day. Mom called it the homework law. (p. 19-20)
Mr. Morris had his own homework law. No homework meant no recess. (p. 22)
“What are you going to do?” Cindy asked as we walked home. “You can’t keep missing recess. We need you on our soccer team.”
“I can’t keep missing homework,” I added. “I’ll have all F’s on my report card.”
Cindy’s eyes got big. “Your parents will kill you.”
“No,” I said in my most serious voice. “They’ll kill Godzilla!” (p. 47)
I couldn’t let Godzilla eat any more homework. I was very careful. I didn’t put Godzilla in my backpack until I took out my homework. I put my papers in a safe place on my toy shelf where Godzilla couldn’t get them. Every morning I put my homework back in my pack. I was being very responsible. Things were going great. My plan was working. Until Thursday. That’s the day I forgot to put my homework back in my backpack before I left for school.
When Mr. Morris asked for my math, I didn’t tell him Godzilla ate it. I told the truth. “I left it at home.”
I could tell Mr. Morris was not happy. He closed his eyes and counted to five.
I missed recess again. (p. 48-49)
Anyway, I give this book five stars, and I also highly recommend it to anyone who likes books about school and homework, too. 😎
I thought the white guinea pig looked too much like cotton.
“How about the brown one?” Dad asked.
I didn’t say anything. I was too busy eyeing the one that raced across the cage, sending little flakes of cedar chips flying over the brown one. He had patches of brown, tan, black, and white, as if he couldn’t decide what color to be. His hair didn’t lie flat. It stuck up in crazy angles like the way some of those rock guitarists wear their hair.
The guinea pig skidded to a stop and nibbled on a little tube that was in the cage. He looked straight at me.
“That’s the one,” I said. “I’ll name him Godzilla!”
“Godzilla?” Dad asked. His voice cracked a little.
I nodded. “Godzilla, the guinea pig with an attitude!” (p. 10-12)
Cindy thought Godzilla was great. She liked him better than her ant farm. After all, there wasn’t much you could do with pet ants except watch them work.
We played with Godzilla all afternoon, and all the next day, too. Godzilla liked it when we made tunnels out of grocery bags. (p. 18)
Mom always made me do my homework as soon as I got home. Then I had to pack it in my backpack. That way Mom said I wouldn’t forget it the next day. Mom called it the homework law. (p. 19-20)
Mr. Morris had his own homework law. No homework meant no recess. (p. 22)
“What are you going to do?” Cindy asked as we walked home. “You can’t keep missing recess. We need you on our soccer team.”
“I can’t keep missing homework,” I added. “I’ll have all F’s on my report card.”
Cindy’s eyes got big. “Your parents will kill you.”
“No,” I said in my most serious voice. “They’ll kill Godzilla!” (p. 47)
I couldn’t let Godzilla eat any more homework. I was very careful. I didn’t put Godzilla in my backpack until I took out my homework. I put my papers in a safe place on my toy shelf where Godzilla couldn’t get them. Every morning I put my homework back in my pack. I was being very responsible. Things were going great. My plan was working. Until Thursday. That’s the day I forgot to put my homework back in my backpack before I left for school.
When Mr. Morris asked for my math, I didn’t tell him Godzilla ate it. I told the truth. “I left it at home.”
I could tell Mr. Morris was not happy. He closed his eyes and counted to five.
I missed recess again. (p. 48-49)
Anyway, I give this book five stars, and I also highly recommend it to anyone who likes books about school and homework, too. 😎
October 28, 2012
I first read this book when I was in the second grade and I really liked it! It's such a page turner and I've read it umpteen times. It's an amusing story about the peeves of having a family pet. A little guinea pig causes huge problems and is such a pest to the family. It eats everything on its way, even Parker's homework! Parker tries his best to convince his family to keep Godzilla.
May 19, 2020
Hilarious. The protagonist tries so hard!! The neat cover brought back happy memories of Apple Paperbacks. And I love guinea pigs, so I just couldn't resist.
May 22, 2020
Cute story about a second grade boy who gets a guinea pig for a pet, and the guinea pig can't stop eating paper.
June 8, 2018
Read with my fourth grade students and they enjoyed it!
January 19, 2019
cute story for young readers.
February 20, 2014
"Boom Boom!" Run it's Godzilla he's gonna eat all of our homework, especially our spelling. Really well then all i'm saying is if my homework accident goes missing I blame Godzilla. Anyways to get on with the book there is a little boy who goes to the pet store and byes the weirdest looking guinuie pig there is, and named him Godzilla This is such a nail biter book what that means, is the book is really good, or mysterious that can also can work with anything.
Godzilla is a paper eating monster. If I was paper I would be running for my life. He can eat threw the thickest paper there is, even cardboard. On Saturdays Godzilla watches cartoons but he ate his lunch, can you guess what was on the table for lunch? It was a check to pay there bills but that wasn't enough. He took a little stroll and ate there grocery list that they spent all morning on. Margret was there neighbor and tried to kill Godzilla for eating one of her phone numbers from a boy. Know this is just the beginning of the book you should really check this book out, I recommend it to you.
Godzilla is a paper eating monster. If I was paper I would be running for my life. He can eat threw the thickest paper there is, even cardboard. On Saturdays Godzilla watches cartoons but he ate his lunch, can you guess what was on the table for lunch? It was a check to pay there bills but that wasn't enough. He took a little stroll and ate there grocery list that they spent all morning on. Margret was there neighbor and tried to kill Godzilla for eating one of her phone numbers from a boy. Know this is just the beginning of the book you should really check this book out, I recommend it to you.
April 3, 2008
that don't let ginepig eat your homework.
January 21, 2010
This is a good book i like it it's about a boy who wanted
another pet this time he wants a gunie pig but this gunie pig
love to chew stuff but some bad happen.
another pet this time he wants a gunie pig but this gunie pig
love to chew stuff but some bad happen.
April 3, 2010
i cant believe godzilla ate my hw!
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June 12, 2012HAHAHA oh childhood.
June 14, 2012
suspenser a page turner
August 9, 2016
Was this supposed to be good? Cause it wasn't. I found it terribly boring and annoying. I read a lot of kids books, so I know a good children's beginning chapter book. This, sadly, was not it.
August 10, 2008
I read this book for my summer reading and just loved it. You should totally read it.
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