Sometime in January I proposed a few 2010 list-making options for myself. I’ve made a little progress on three of them, so I’ll make this a 3-part series. First, reviews of some books the boys and I got from the library recently. Later, reviews of grown-up books and new recipes I've tried. The goal is to get to 20 of each category by the end of the year.
Hunting the Daddyosaurus by Teresa Bateman, ill. Benrei Huang. Owen and Jude are totally delighted with rhyme and repetition, and they shout along with this story of two kid-dinos hunting around the house for their dad. “He’ll never escape as we shout out our chorus/ We’re hunting the marvelous Daddyosaurus.”
Yuck! by Brita Granstrom, ill. Mick Manning. I suppose the title makes the appeal obvious. Delightfully gross illustrations of baby animals eating their favorite treats - worms, rotten eggs -- followed by “That’s not our baby’s supper. YUCK!” We finally get to a human baby drinking “yummy” warm milk, and then the last page shows all the baby animals judging warm milk yucky. I love that this book introduces the concept of perspective & difference. Taste is relative and what is good just depends on who you are.
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, ill. G. Brian Karas. As you’d guess, an adaptation of the famous Wheels on the Bus. This version has seals, tigers, vipers and finally (a common punch line in kids books, I find) a skunk riding the bus. My emerging reader Sam is convinced that he is able to read this book. After dinner the last couple of nights I’ve asked Sam to read a book to his brothers, and he confidently sings every page of this book.
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