Silly Tilly’s Valentine by Lillian Hoban

Our Cat Cuddles by Gervase Phinn (I’ll give you one guess who picked that one out. :)  Cute rhymes with a surprise ending.)

Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson (Brother (age 3) loved this one. Sister (ripe old age 6) thought it was “stupid.”)

Yoshi’s Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa (a Japanese fable of sorts - excellent illustrations)

The New Girl…and Me by Jacqui Robbins (Sister really liked this one… mostly because it had a lizard in it.)

I tried to get Sister to dictate another summary for us but it was like pulling teeth so I interviewed Brother instead.  He chose Our Cat Cuddles for the discussion.

Mom: Why did you like this book?

Brother:  Because I like many different cats.  Just like the blue one and the pink one.

Mom: What happens in this book? What is this story about?

Brother:  nothing

Mom: Is there anything else you’d like to tell me about this book? 

Brother:  Yes, it’s because the crocodile eats the dad.

I decided to stop there because while there is a dad in the book he does not get eaten by a crocodile.  He does not get eaten by anything but especially not by the crocodile which is NOT in the book.

This week we also read several of the Mr. Men books including Mr. Tickle which came highly recommended.  (Thanks a lot, Leslie… I think.) We read these over and over and over …. ad nauseam.

And finally, I finished the Tales of Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card.  There are six books in the series and I’ve been trying to read one each week.  It was rather rejuvenating taking a little time each day or so to read something totally irrelevent to my life.  Now I’m on the prowl for a new work of fiction to help me escape from reality.  Any suggestions?