Classics, Nonfiction, and Children's Literature
The Graveyard Book was my first Neil Gaiman novel. Despite the fact that bloggers seem to have a special fondness for Gaiman, I just never felt inclined to give his books a read. I’m not a huge fan of fantasy (I’m not sure why) and I’m also less inclined to read something just because the
My mother-in-law got word (and spread it) that I would love for my son to get books for his birthday, and I, of course, got him a couple books (among other things), so he had a rather bookish birthday this year. (Are you surprised?) I consider books that he owns to be bonuses for me,
When I started blogging about books, I didn’t know what “graphic novel” meant. In fact, in June 2008, I wrote a post explaining my confusion. But at Dewey’s urging, I gave some of them a try. Since then, I’ve read a few graphic novels. But I admit that I still hadn’t completely understood the concepts
Whenever I see a copy of Winnie-the-Pooh in a store, on a shelf, anywhere, really, I pick it up and hold it. I flip the pages. I pause over the pictures (whether they are in color or not). I wish I could own it. But why? I already own a lovely hardcover in color (along
I really enjoyed the book First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. It has just a few words per page, and it is very simple, coming full circle and ending with “First the chicken. Then the egg.” The illustrations were gorgeous paintings (and well deserving of the Caldecott Honor). There were die cuts, which my
I like to read aloud longer stories to my 23-month-old while is his playing with his toys. Since I finished reading A.A. Milne, I needed a longish book to read so I picked up the Velveteen Rabbit by Margaret William Biano, illustrated by Monique Felix. I love this story, probably because I relate to toys
We own the audio and book of Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle, and my son (23 months) loves it. Each page has a colorful animal, and the text asks the animal “what do you see?” In the end, the children say they see all the
I was browsing the board book shelf and I found a book that sounds perfect for my 23-month-old: Hands are Not For Hitting by Martine Agassi. And it is perfect. Every few pages, it says “Hands are not for hitting. What are hands for?” and then it illustrates all the things that hands can do: draw, hug,
My son (23 months) loved looking for the mouse hiding on pages of Goodnight, Moon, and that reminded me of searching for Goldbug in Cars and Truck and Things That Go by Richard Scarry, which has all sorts of wacky vehicles, animals, and situations. My son is in a cars and trains phase right now. Beyond that,
Did you realize that there is a consistency error in Goodnight Moon? If this were a movie on IMDB, there’d be a special note of it. Consider this an official note; it was discovered by my one-year-old. How many other one-year-olds have been disturbed by this? It would have been so easy for Clement Hurd
I wrote a “review” of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne in my pre-book blogging days (reposted on Rebecca Reads here) when I first read A.A. Milne to my son at age 4 months. I reread both books to him again over the last two months, now that he’s almost 2
I was looking for a light “romance” to read for my library summer reading program, and I decided to go completely out of my comfort zone by reading a YA novel with a romance in it. So because it was such a foreign genre, I suppose I was setting myself up to be disappointed by
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