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wildflowersoul) wrote2014-03-09 08:57 pm
wildflowersoul) wrote2014-03-09 08:57 pm
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Well, apparently an oven can decide that when you turn it off you really mean CRANK IT UP ALL THE WAY AND LOCK THE DOOR. So, our oven is broken. The soonest a new one can be delivered is Friday, so this week's dinners will be interesting. I have a freezer full of food, but most of it requires the oven. Hopefully I have enough leftovers tucked away in there to tide us over.
Anyway, I'm feeling chatty and listy, so I'm going to talk about my favorite children's books. Also, I had already typed up most of this post this afternoon, so might as well, right?
Click Clack Moo- A book about farm animals going on strike to get basic comforts denied to them by their oppressive farmer boss. After reading I like to tell West "Now we see the power of the workers when they organize. Proletariat!" As you do.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs- It begins with a "poorly supervised little girl" and dinosaurs plotting to lure the girl in with chocolate and then eat her, and the background illustrations are just hilarious. Mo Willems is basically a children's book genius.
Bats At the Ballgame- All of the "Bats At..." books are awesome. They have a great cadence for reading out loud, and the words are more complicated than most children's books. I like exposing West to big words, and I get super bored reading really babyish stuff, so anything that stretches a bit is good by me.
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site- This has an incredibly soothing rhythm for bedtime.
Pout Pout Fish- West thinks this is pretty hilarious, and it has a good read aloud cadence.
I Want my Hat Back- This is more simple than I usually enjoy reading, but the ending is funny and dark, and it's great for practicing different reading out loud voices.
Oh Daddy- There must be something universally appealing to kids about seeing adults act like buffons. West loves this one, and I love his reaction to it. Bob Shea is a pretty decent author. He is not as reliably hilarious as Mo Willems, but his books at least have something different from TRUCKS and also ANIMALS HAVING ADVENTURES AND LEARNING LESSONS. I like animals having adventures, but so many kids books are about animals, sometimes you want a break, you know?
Sheep Out to Eat and the rest of the Sheep.... books. They are simple but pretty charming. Sheep having various misadventures, possibly in England. They're totally cute.
I personally love the Baby Lit books, but West doesn't really care about them one way or another.
If I Built A Car- I like this one for the complicated words. The illustrations are good, too.
Not on the list- Dr. Seuss books. Ugh. I actually hate reading Green Eggs & Ham because it is repetitious and loooooong, and the Cat in the Hat books are also really long without being all that interesting. West loves 'em, much like the Berenstein Bears (which I don't mind for their length and word choice but they are very preachy, though I'll admit Baby Jenny loved those books and it may have contributed to my love of following rules) and Little Critter books.
Anyway, I'm feeling chatty and listy, so I'm going to talk about my favorite children's books. Also, I had already typed up most of this post this afternoon, so might as well, right?
Click Clack Moo- A book about farm animals going on strike to get basic comforts denied to them by their oppressive farmer boss. After reading I like to tell West "Now we see the power of the workers when they organize. Proletariat!" As you do.
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs- It begins with a "poorly supervised little girl" and dinosaurs plotting to lure the girl in with chocolate and then eat her, and the background illustrations are just hilarious. Mo Willems is basically a children's book genius.
Bats At the Ballgame- All of the "Bats At..." books are awesome. They have a great cadence for reading out loud, and the words are more complicated than most children's books. I like exposing West to big words, and I get super bored reading really babyish stuff, so anything that stretches a bit is good by me.
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site- This has an incredibly soothing rhythm for bedtime.
Pout Pout Fish- West thinks this is pretty hilarious, and it has a good read aloud cadence.
I Want my Hat Back- This is more simple than I usually enjoy reading, but the ending is funny and dark, and it's great for practicing different reading out loud voices.
Oh Daddy- There must be something universally appealing to kids about seeing adults act like buffons. West loves this one, and I love his reaction to it. Bob Shea is a pretty decent author. He is not as reliably hilarious as Mo Willems, but his books at least have something different from TRUCKS and also ANIMALS HAVING ADVENTURES AND LEARNING LESSONS. I like animals having adventures, but so many kids books are about animals, sometimes you want a break, you know?
Sheep Out to Eat and the rest of the Sheep.... books. They are simple but pretty charming. Sheep having various misadventures, possibly in England. They're totally cute.
I personally love the Baby Lit books, but West doesn't really care about them one way or another.
If I Built A Car- I like this one for the complicated words. The illustrations are good, too.
Not on the list- Dr. Seuss books. Ugh. I actually hate reading Green Eggs & Ham because it is repetitious and loooooong, and the Cat in the Hat books are also really long without being all that interesting. West loves 'em, much like the Berenstein Bears (which I don't mind for their length and word choice but they are very preachy, though I'll admit Baby Jenny loved those books and it may have contributed to my love of following rules) and Little Critter books.