Saturday, July 3, 2010

Some Good Books

Bear's all time two favorite books this month have been Over and Over by Charlotte Zolotow and The Magic Porridge Pot by Paul Galdone.  She asks for them at least two times a day each, sometimes three.

This one is the story of a little girl who is trying to understand the special days that come throughout the year.  "What comes next?" she keeps asking her mother after a special day passes.  As all of the Charlotte Zolotow books we love, this one is a sweet, nostalgic book with peaceful illustrations.
In this one, a little girl lives with her mother.  They don't have much food.  One day a lady gives the little girl a magic pot that promises porridge that never runs out, but the lady warns her never forget the words to stop the little pot from making porridge.  It's not my favorite book, but apparently Bear loves it.

Some other books we liked were Llama Llama Red Pajama
J-jo's favorite was Doggies by Sandra Boynton.  He loves dogs in books, but doesn't like the real thing.
And I liked the book A Good Day by Kevin Henkes.  It starts out the animals are having a bad day, but then they see the other side of the coin and realize it's a good day after all.

To see what others are reading, visit  What My Child is Reading.
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5 comments:

  1. CaraJuly 3, 2010 at 9:50 PM

    Over and Over sounds like a great read! I'm adding that to our library wish list. We LOVED A Good Day and all of the Llama books. We read Llama Llama Misses Mama at bedtime tonight. :)

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  2. Natalie PlanetSmartyJuly 3, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    Thanks for joining WMCIR! We loved Llama books here too, and I have to look for Over and Over - illustrations look wonderful.

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  3. MaryAnneJuly 4, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    We really need to read some Llama Llama books - I keep hearing about them from different blogs!

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  4. AnneJuly 7, 2010 at 12:28 AM

    over and over looks wonderful - just what we need! We like Doggies too (the book but not the real ones!)

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  5. KatieJuly 14, 2010 at 10:43 PM

    ER loves those Llama Llama books and the Doggies book was one she used to carry around back in NM when she was less than a year old. She really loved puppies then! We half expected her first word to be puppy.

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