Children's books BlogHop

My friend Suzanne is hosting a BlogHop today, and I think it might become a regular thing if enough people join in.

So this is my offering.

I have chosen a recent favorite of my boys. I think we've only had it a few months. At first glance, I didn't think it would have such an impact on them, but they are completely enthralled every time. We act it out, and get excited, and some of us pretty much have it memorized. It's the first book that I remember Jackson "reading" to me. He uses the pictures to help him get at the context, remembers the story in general, and has incredible letter recognition. The boy is amazing! And Cooper gets in on the act too. He really only knows a couple parts of the book by memory, but he too uses the pictures and says the dialog in the right places. We read it at bedtime, though I question the wisdom in that because this book gets 'em a bit riled up instead of calming them down. But that's alright. We all just love this book and highly recommend it.


I LOVE MY NEW TOY!

Written and illustrated by Mo Willems
(author of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!)

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