storytime!
patty hall, the author of the new raggedy anne and andy books, gave me a great idea. she mentioned that there was a time in her life when her step-father was very ill in the hospital, very near to death...and she would bring him the unpublished versions of her books to test out on him- and she said you could just SEE his face relax as she read to
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my granny is really into the harry potter books so sometimes i read from these, mostly she reads them herself...does yer grandma have a wicked sense of humor or what? do you want sweet books? here's some of my favorite read alouds...
too big!by claire masurel
elena's serenade by campbell geeslin
the stella series by marie-louise gay
anything by lauren child
anything illustrated by giselle potter...
and for ridiculous silliness, anything by robert munsch
ooh and the new one my mo willems...something something...terible monster!
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you know, i don't know what part of me thought that "the giving tree" would be "light-hearted"...it had me crying AT THE STORE...and i bought it anyways...when i realized that it was too heavy to read with her, i just decided that i was going to keep it and think of her anytime i read it, she IS the giving tree.
and i also got jumanji (i LOVE anything by chris van allsburg!..but mainly the illustrations.) but she really didn't seem like she wanted to be read to. she wanted to be UP and about. she needed to get out of that room, so i figured i'll save jumanji for another time, maybe a night read when i visit her at night next week.
have you ever read laurie keller's "arnie, the doughnut"? for some reason, that book just cracks me up! i think i'm getting that one for my personal collection of just plain silly books.
thanks again!
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