OK, actually having them read to him. But he’s getting picky, so some books have fallen out of favor (goodbye Brown Bear, Brown Bear)
1. Hand Hand Fingers Thumb, by Al Perkins. Still very popular with Owen. Cool 1970’s monkeys complete with sideburns, playing the drums. Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum.
2. Gingerbread Baby, by Jan Brett. A cute story about a gingerbread baby that escapes the oven. It’s set somewhere that looks Scandinavian and the art is fantastic. It’s the longest book he’ll sit through right now.
3. Things that Go. No author, but published by Tucker Slingsby Limited. Full of photos of tractors, trucks, airplanes, balloons, boats, and fire engines. We read this every day, so now Owen will be able to identify a snowblower if he ever sees one.
4. Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse, by Jean Ekman Adams. Clarence the pig goes on vacation to Arizona, to a dude ranch, and makes friends with a purple horse. Very cute book. All part of Angus and Julie’s master plan to convince us to move to Arizona.
5. Busy People, by Joe Kaufman. This was my book, back long ago when I was Owen’s age. Mom and dad read it to me a lot.It has a separate section for Zeke Zookeeper, Peter Policeman, Trudy Teacher, Fred Fireman, and Doris Doctor. That’s right people, an early 70’s childrens book with a female doctor! The book shows what each person does at work and all their gear/clothes (ie Fred fireman’s helmet, ladders, etc). Owen wants to read this book every night.
Monday, February 02, 2009
What Owen's Reading
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Thinking about all the great kids books out there that I haven't read yet (like most of your selections!) give me THE SHAKES!! :-)
argh-- just fell into the subject and verb separated by a clause trap. Obviously, I meant that it giveS me the shakes!
You shouldn't worry. It's awfully difficult to type at all when one has the shakes.
Owen and I went through all 93 pages of Busy People tonight. OK, to paraphrase Ash, we may not have read every teensy little syllable, no, but basically we read it. We started about halfway through, picking up where I had last left him with Zeke Zookeeper. I thought we might stop at the end, but O just flipped it right back to Fred Fireman at the beginning. He was really sleepy, but you could tell he wasn't going to stop until he got back to our starting point. (I think we were both relieved to finish the lap.)
I hope Owen is feeling better. Bisousette loves my book on ADHD. Also my learn to crochet book. Her favorite book is a Thomas the Train book. Her favorite thing in the world is Curious George - even though we never encouraged TV, she caught the show one day, and ever since she has been bringing us the remote and saying "George. George. George. George. George. George. George. George."
I keep one saved on Tivo. You never know when you'll need 20 minutes to dust or something.
When Bisousette sees our snowblower, she points at it and says "Snow! Daddy!"
Bisous
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