We are all about the reading these days. We can barely make it through a meal without reading a book lately, which is really the only time I don't want to be reading (because I am hungry). I have a few of our big time faves to share today!
Eli, No!
This is a super cool book. It is brand new, just came out last year, and easily survives the first thousand readings. It's a lovely message of unconditional love full of pictures of dogs- two of 5's favorite things (ok, he doesn't really get the message part yet, but he certainly enjoys all of his unconditional love).
Katie Kirk's illustrations are so cool and stylish and vaguely Scandinavian, each page is a little treat.
Find it here.
Find it here.
Silly Songs and Sad
These next two books were found when my mother was helping to sort (and de-clutter) the library of the school where she works. They were both published in the 60's and they both make me wonder about what was in the water supply during the 60's...
Each page is kind of like a nursery rhyme, but not. The words are strange, the plot lines are nonexistant, and you feel like you're missing some important page that would clue you in to what the hell is going on.
But.
Each page is kind of like a nursery rhyme, but not. The words are strange, the plot lines are nonexistant, and you feel like you're missing some important page that would clue you in to what the hell is going on.
But.
Most of the illustrations are lovely, and it's fun (and impossible) to try to read it in a way that both makes sense and makes the rhymes work. Also, 5 loves it and likes to turn the pages, skipping at least half the book, so it's different every time I read it.
This is my favorite page- King Ethelred is asking his wailing queen about when they're going to set sail, his queen answers him that they are already sailing and he should go to bed. Somehow, this book makes even less sense than our other kid's books...
find it here.
find it here.
Sleepy People
We have two books by this author, but 5 is way more into this one right now. They're both almost Dada-esque, and I wonder how she pitched these books to her publisher- "yeah, it's a book about tiny people who are always sleepy and then there's kind of a song at the end". It is very sweet and the simple line drawings are adorable. 5 always skips the song at the end though.
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
This is number one on the charts, no doubt. We read this book 15 times in a day often. It was also published in the 60's, but makes a little bit more sense than the other two. The rhythm is fantastic and 5 gets so excited about reading it. I can find him reading it to himself, trying to make his hand look like the monkey's hands, or drumming on the picture of the drum. I also love the illustrations in all of these Bright and Early Books for Beginning Beginners- they're so fun and they perfectly correlate to the words so kids can start to make associations (not 5, bigger kids...).
Find it here.
Find it here.
My sweet boy was more than happy to do a little reading photo shoot. He got a little carried away with his zest for literature...
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