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and thanks for guest-hosting!
I'll go browse through my kids' shelves looking for favorites. Several of the ones you mention are or were on our shelves, for sure. Do you know Harold and the Purple Crayon? Wonderful book.
As to me, I am reading
Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson (having re-read Crypotonomicon, I decided to re-read this.
Digital Dice, by Paul Nahin, about "computational solutions to practical probability problems"
Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow, about, well, Alexander Hamilton.
Gaming the Vote by William Poundstone, about how elections aren't fair (not hanging chads and stolen votes, but third parties and spoilers and alternate voting schemes).
Now up: Daily Kos University
by plf515 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:34:16 AM PDT
i saw you lurking!
we do have, and love dearly, and act out, Harold and the Purple Crayon! There are many other beloved picture books in our house. I just tried to focus on that select few that i bought when son was 18-22 months old and we read repeatedly for him from 22-35 months. we really did not acquire new books for him that year in germany - a couple on a trip to england, and a few simple german ones, including Rainbow Fish.
is it Mojo Friday yet?
by jlms qkw on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:36:27 AM PDT
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Yes, wonderful books. My son loves the dragon that Harold draws to protect his apple tree and wants me to draw one for him too.
I just found our box of board books and can't wait to start my baby on Alexandra Day's "Carl" books. I admit, I was a little horrified at first -- mother goes off and leaves baby with large, hungry-looking rottweiler? But they really are beautifully illustrated and because they're largely wordless, I can invent whatever perverse accompanying storyline I want to ("Now, while Mama was off having a tipple at the local...").
I'm reading Philip Pullman's "The Amber Spyglass" as well as various books on raising chickens.
IGTNT: Our war dead. Their stories. Read "I Got the News Today."
by monkeybiz on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:51:20 AM PDT
our pastor's wife, as a shower gift.
one was carl - and i thought it was totally bizarre too! son and daughter both loved it. of course, the trick with that book is that the reader has to make up the words every time! and as language skills emerge, the child can start to tell the story.
we, especially husband, often stick in random weird words into familiar stories. it really annoys our daughter during her fairy tales! but she hasn't caught on to, or ignores, "dora the exploder".
go chickens go!
by jlms qkw on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:56:13 AM PDT
I love it. I'll bet she grew up to be a munitions expert.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. --Jorge Luis Borges
by Marlyn on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 01:05:42 PM PDT
rusted rakes (frosted flakes) and ninny sheets (mini wheats)
it keeps us entertained, anyway. and the kids like it, mostly, and i hope it improves their language skills somehow.
by jlms qkw on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:03:58 PM PDT
you may certainly cross-post this there if you think it is appropriate. (i did study your last diary).
by jlms qkw on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:07:28 AM PDT
when I was in 2nd grade.
Wonderful, delightful stories.
Resist much, obey little. ~~Edward Abbey, via Walt Whitman
by willyr on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:16:16 AM PDT
wide narrow
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