August
Author: Tomie dePaola
(The children behind this experiment.)It has now been about a month. We read as many Tomie dePaola books that our attention could pay. I loved all the books we read, but Oldest and Youngest appreciated some much more than others. Let me spotlight on the books we signed out of our local library:
1.) Strega Nona: Her Story by Tomie dePaola
2.) Strega Nona's Magic Lessons by Tomie dePaola
3.)Strega Nona Meets Her Match (Paperstar) by Tomie dePaola
On the night we started with our new, August selection of Library Books, for some reason Youngest ended up reading with me (Usually Youngest reads with her Daddy, so this was an odd switch around). Oldest was stuck on her old favorites and wanted to read with her Daddy. So off in the Study they read what she wanted.
Youngest was ready for the new books, I read the original Strega Nona to her. She was very quiet, and listening, and then when Strega does her magic on the pot and sings the little song with three kisses, Youngest was singing the song and throwing kisses into the sky! She really got it. I worried this might be above her comprehension level. And so then the next night we read it again with Oldest present and Youngest seemed to know she had one up on Oldest since she knew the song and the Kiss part.
I'd say this was a good hit with them, but I did notice that they never say, "Mommy, this one tonight". Since favorites are the ones they do this with, I don't know if this is a true favorite, but they liked it for sure. They read it about three times.
The next week I had some time off in the middle of the week and so I read them in the afternoon, Strega Nona: Her Story. Both girls were ready to listen to the story. They seemed to get side tracked away from the story in the beginning when they saw Strega Nona as a Baby. The girls stopped listening and just wanted to look at all the pictures. So we did. Strega was a cute little baby!
Another night we attempted Strega Nona: Her Story, but again those illustrations of Baby Strega Nona took their attention off the story.
Then I read during the day again to Youngest. Oldest wasn't ready to sit down and listen to a story. I was beginning to feel that Youngest was getting these characters figured out and really enjoying Strega Nona. We read, Big Anthony: His Story. Big Anthony is the character that never listens, does things his way and always gets in lots of trouble. Youngest likes that he is naughty- so it was a hit! Oldest may have been listening, she came over to look at some pictures now and then, but really I don't think she really cared about the story.
Strega Nona Meets Her Match and Strega Nona's Magic Lessons just never held their attention. So I read they on my own. I thought they were really cute, but I think these are just a hit or a miss with 2-3 year olds.
The last book we had was, Strega Nona's Harvest. This was a hit with both girls. Mostly since we are a gardening family and they have all planted seeds before. All through the story they counted vegetables, talked about what color vegetables were, and what the names were of all the vegetables they looked at. So this book provided lots of entertainment, learning, and enjoyment to them. This was the BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH!
The girls and I seem to really be enjoying our reading. We have already started the month of September. The author is Chris Van Allsburg. He writes and illustrates.
When I was reading about his decision to go to college I laughed how he basically conned the college recruiter into letting him into art school. This persona comes out when I read his books. You always think you understand the story and then he will put in one little line, or even a word, that will change the whole story! You can read more about him at his Official Site: http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
Again I'm worried some of these may be a little advanced for the girls. But what is life without exposure.
3.)Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
5.)Probuditi! by Chris Van Allsburg
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