by Julie | Jan 5, 2009
Lady Lollipop and Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith When I put out my huge request for chapter book titles, Anne mentioned The Water Horse. We read that (loved it), which led us to read Babe:The Gallant Pig (loved!) which led us to reading these two books about a pig...
by Julie | Jan 2, 2009
So sometimes your kid comes up to you with a ridiculous request, like, “I want oatmeal in the biggest bowl we have!” And sometimes you are feeling snippy and you sigh and sort of pretend you didn’t hear and give him oatmeal in a regular bowl. But...
by Julie | Dec 29, 2008
In the Town All Year ‘Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner This book may as well be titled Book that Henry and Eli will Become Obsessed With, though, I suppose, in that regard, maybe any kid will become obsessed with it, since Henry and Eli’s combined literary...
by Julie | Dec 22, 2008
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Birthday by Stan and Jan Berenstain This is a very, very serious book in Kid Land. Henry and Eli both have gone through periods of being obsessed with this one. Let’s face it, all Berenstain Bears books are essentially just Self...
by Julie | Dec 15, 2008
Rumpelstiltskin, by the brothers Grimm and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky This is a fairly straightforward retelling of Rumpelstiltskin (though it’s one of those stories that I sort of knew half of and had never really heard the whole thing),with incredible oil...
by Julie | Dec 8, 2008
You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts by Jacqueline Preiss Wiseman and Robin Preiss Glasser Once Upon a Banana by Jennifer Armstrong, illustrated by David Small Two books today! Both are wordless books with a lot to look at, and both start with...
