Book Sharing Monday - A Seed is Sleepy

Last month, I shared "An Egg is Quiet". This book is by the same author and illustrator and is another example of an informative and yet poignantly beautiful book.

Book Sharing Monday - An Egg is Quiet

Today I am sharing this beautiful book "An Egg is Quiet" by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long. If there is a kids' scientific book that is as beautifully illustrated and enchantingly written as this one, then I have never come across it. A truly awesome and awe-inspiring book. Quite lovely.

Book Sharing Monday - Light Reading

It's been a while since I posted, and a very long time since a Book Sharing Monday post, but I couldn't resist sharing our love of these books!

Waif is currently very keen on reading stories aloud to all and sundry. He surprised us by actually liking the Oxford Reading Tree series (Biff, Chip et al known to thousands of primary school children around the country) but I can't say as any of us were all that enamoured of some of the stories. Then we rediscovered a couple of these Light Reading books on our shelves, and have been gradually acquiring the full set from Amazon over the last few weeks (mostly second hand for £0.01 each!).

The books are aimed at beginning readers but appeal to Gman (11) too and equally to us parents ;-). The illustrations are very simple and the family that is the subject of the stories is presented in a lovingly humourous way. There's a hopeless-at-DIY Dad, a bossy big sister who always has her nose in a book, and two naughty brothers. From reading certain reviews on Amazon, I am guessing that some people don't really "get" the humour but we LOVE THESE BOOKS!! And how could you not love a kid's book that starts with these lines:

Katherine plays the recorder.
Roger plays the piano.
Mark plays the fool.




Brilliant.

Book Sharing Monday - I Dreamt I Was a Dinosaur

This is a gorgeous book.  Not only does it tell a very readable tale of a boy who dreamt he was a dinosaur, written in a rhythmically repetitive way (perfect for a bedtime story) but the illustrations are totally beautiful.  They are all embroidered with felt, sequins, buttons etc so are an absolute joy to look at, especially for stitchy mums and dads and their offspring!  We *heart* Barefoot Books.

Book Sharing Monday - Walking Through the Jungle

This is a lovely book.  Waif would borrow it from the library until he had renewed it the maximum number of times, take it back, then a couple of weeks later he would choose it again!  So we were thrilled to go to the monthly book sale one day and find that it was for sale for the princely sum of 20p.  Woohoo!!

The story is written in a repetitive, rhythmic style with a different animal "chasing after me" each page.  This makes it easy for your child to join in, even if they aren't reading yet.  And it's fun to try and remember which animal comes on the next page.



The illustrations are beautiful and colourful.  Oh - and there's a happy ending, because all the animals come together at the end to sit down for a meal.



I thoroughly recommend this book for your 2-5 year olds.

Book Sharing Monday - King Rollo's Autumn

Thought this was a wonderfully seasonal book to share (and another David McKee classic!)

You can read the text of the book here.

Our favourite line of the book is the observation from King Rollo that "Trees are funny. They take off their clothes, just when people are putting on more".

We also have the spring, summer and winter books and will probably be sharing these in future posts!

Book Sharing Monday - King Rollo's Autumn

Thought this was a wonderfully seasonal book to share (and another David McKee classic!)

You can read the text of the book here.

Our favourite line of the book is the observation from King Rollo that "Trees are funny. They take off their clothes, just when people are putting on more".

We also have the spring, summer and winter books and will probably be sharing these in future posts!

Book Sharing Monday - Two Monsters

It's not been easy deciding which book to share for my first Book Sharing Monday post, but I have settled on "Two Monsters" by David McKee because it has been a favourite of first Gman's and then Waif's, and it's a fun book for adults to read aloud too.

The story tells the tale of two monsters who live on opposite sides of a mountain. One evening, at sunset, they argue about whether it is day departing or night arriving, and start to trade insults and throw rocks. Over the course of the next day, they throw so many rocks that there is nothing left of the mountain , at which point they can see that they were both right - day departs as night arrives - and settle down to watch the sunset together.


One of the highlights of the book for my boys has been the extraordinarily colourful and humorous insults - our favourite is "You're a pathetic, addlebrained, smelly, lily-livered custard tart!"- you've got to love David McKee and I'm sure we'll be sharing more of his books on Mondays to come.

Book Sharing Monday - Two Monsters

It's not been easy deciding which book to share for my first Book Sharing Monday post, but I have settled on "Two Monsters" by David McKee because it has been a favourite of first Gman's and then Waif's, and it's a fun book for adults to read aloud too.

The story tells the tale of two monsters who live on opposite sides of a mountain. One evening, at sunset, they argue about whether it is day departing or night arriving, and start to trade insults and throw rocks. Over the course of the next day, they throw so many rocks that there is nothing left of the mountain , at which point they can see that they were both right - day departs as night arrives - and settle down to watch the sunset together.


One of the highlights of the book for my boys has been the extraordinarily colourful and humorous insults - our favourite is "You're a pathetic, addlebrained, smelly, lily-livered custard tart!"- you've got to love David McKee and I'm sure we'll be sharing more of his books on Mondays to come.