Books of the Week
>> Saturday, October 23, 2010
Bear's and Mommy's Favorite Read Alouds
The Rag Coat (a Five in a Row book) - definitely touches on sad and heavy topics (the father dies of lung disease from working on the coal mines) but the message about being forgiving (she has to forgive the kids who tease her about her coat) and the importance of being with people is a wonderful one. There are so many teachable elements to this book. However, it is not for all. Although Bear does request it every night, I think the death part did affect her as she brings it up during the day that Minna's dad died from breathing coal dust.
Bear's Favorites for Reading Alone
Brush, Brush, Brush - a cute little song to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?"
Cornelius P. Mudd, Are You Ready for Baby?-
J-jo's Favorites
He still loves My Pup, but has added Brush, Brush, Brush, and Busy Little Mouse to his favorites.
To see what others are reading, visit What My Child is Reading.
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LOVE the first two...don't know the others. I definitely need to check out the wombat! Thanks for the recommendations! ;)
Great books. We love Cornelius P. Mud. Diary of a Wombat is fantastic! That first book sounds so wonderful, even though it is sad.
We just read Diary of a Wombat and I think I loved it more than Matthew did. The humor went over his head. :) We'll have to get it again when he will "get it". :)
We have a Diary of a Wombat in our library bag right now - our next stop is Australia. I don't think the first book would have gone over well in our house, but we also enjoyed Apple Pie last year. Great choices all around and thanks for joining WMCIR!
The wombat book looks cute. :)
I think I'll look into the wombat and Cornelius books. Thanks for posting these!
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