Comments on: Choosing Children’s Books

By: girldetective

girldetective — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:29:04 +0000

I passed over the Charlie and Lola kindergarten book since the bedtime one seemed more appropriate for Drake at 2. I’ll have to give the others a look at the library, though, because this is EXACTLY the kind of useful recommendation from another mom that usually ends up with working well for us, too. (In addition to Kevin Henkes books, I learned about mandarin oranges and yogurt covered raisins from other moms, and Drake would be sad without them.)

By: Nopenname

Nopenname — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:00:34 +0000

Lissa is in LOVE with Charlie and Lola. Aboslute love. Usually she’s more of a pixar animation girl (I think because a horse in Pixar looks like like a real horse she can touch etc.) but LOVES Charlie and Lola on the Disney channel (especially their accents) and in books (she’s amassing quite the collection we’ve had to limit it to only two Charlie and Lola books an evening before bed.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:23:28 +0000

It was indeed Things That Go. Drake is not exactly a master of subtlety, just yet. He held the book and made fire truck noises all the way home, and we’ve had to read it at least half a dozen times a day. But he is also asking by name for Make Way for Ducklings, and he repeats the noise “Weebk” that the father duck makes when he is nearly run over. No missing cardboard, yet, Becca, a la Dinosaur’s Binkit. I was hoping that since he’s older, it might not suffer in the same way.

By: duff.

duff. — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:59:35 +0000

that’s my guess too!

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:00:27 +0000

I’m guessing “Things That Go” was Drew’s choice. Be prepared for little torn off bits of cardboard…