Tales of Life with a Girl on the Go

The longer it is between when we read a book and when I write about it, the less I have to say. This might be more list and less insight but it was a rough weekend. Still, we read:

• Baby MacDonald on the Farm, a Baby Einstien book that used to be a favourite for its touch-and-feel features but we haven’t read it lately. I’m not sure if that was intentional;
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Reid needs to carefully examine and discuss all of the food that the caterpillar eats on Saturday;
• Mickey’s Week (no author);
• Mealtime for Zoo Animals by Caroline Arnold. I’ve realized that it’s been a while since we read non-fiction;
• But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton, what can I say, she is an addiction;
• Caillou Says No! by Joceline Sanschagrin, a book that tells what is like to live with a toddler who says, “no” even when they want to say “yes”;
• Alpha Opps! The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis, the illustrations are birght and the text is interesting for Reid but she will like it even more when she understands how the letters are supposed to appear. I would buy it if I saw it;
• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox; the author writes about teaching and raising kids who love to read as well;
• Duck on a Bike, a book that features a spunky duck who doesn’t conform to expectations;
• Snow Sounds: An Onomatopeoic Story by David A. Johnson, which depicts beautiful early morning scenes after a snow with just a few sounds to complement them; and
• This Little Piggy Played the Fiddle by Susan James Frye, a take-off on the toe rhyme that introduces some instruments and then rolling on the floor (a theme in this session of Kindermusik, I think).

and at bedtime:

• Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin, another from the author of Click, Clack, Moo but funny in it’s own right;
• Which Way to School, one of the Read and Roll books that store in a little schoolbox shaped case; and
• Moo Cow Book by Sandra Boynton; who can resist a soft book shaped like a cow’s head that involves licking the child with the cow’s tongue?

Ken read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle in the morning. I brought a couple of books with us in the car to read on the way to daycare but we were too busy eating our breakfast bars and drinking milk to read them. In the evening, I read:

• My First Nascar Book (no author), a simple boardbook that we got at the Dollar Store. It is Nascar propaganda but the colours are bright, the words rhyme and Reid likes the race cars, probably because we watch Nascar;
• Where’s Your Smile Crocodile? by Claire Freedman, a sweet and funny book about how a variety of animals try to cheer up the crocodile but he doesn’t find his smile until he helps someone else; and
• Cluck O’Clock by Kes Gray, which tells the story of the busy day of a bunch of hens. Roosters get too much attention, really.

Ken also read The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer, a book about a girl who climbs up her daddy while he is standing there and ends up on top of his head. I thought it was cute but Reid and Ken seemed to think it was strange.