Wiggle Jiggle by Alan Dapré
My Thoughts:
I loved the fact that my granddaughter re-read it again and
again and just kept talking about it.
She felt sad for the bear when she couldn’t find her friends. She was glad that they gave her a birthday
party. I love that she could find a book
that one, she can relate to and respond to.
Secondly, I love that she found a book to read to me and to her two year
old brother.
When Monsters Come Out to Play – Samantha Foster.
This was a really cute book.
My granddaughter and I read it together.
Her thoughts:
“I thought it was
awesome because it had scary things and nice things and things that they can
get along with, like friends. I thought
the nice ones were cool and even the mean ones.
My favorite monster was the green
monster because he was grinning and his
tongue was hanging out like he was mean but he was really being nice. He liked to eat blankets. It made me laugh because monsters do not,
absolutely do not eat blankets.
My thoughts:
I loved
how bright the illustrations were and how the book rhymed. It opened discussions about monsters in the closet and what not to be
scared of. This was another of those
books she asked me to put on her shelf on my Kindle. Yes, each of my grandkids have their own
bookshelf on my Kindle. This way Haylee
can read whenever she wants and there are books that she or I can share with
her young brother Jacob.
This was another wonderful book by David Chuka. In this book
Billy and his best friend the monster
talk about all of the holidays they like. Their favorite holiday is Easter. Their dad comes in to tell them they are
visiting their Grandma Chocolicious. His
grandma loves everything chocolate. She
makes chocolate donuts and other goodies for them. In the middle of her kitchen is a pyramid of
chocolate Easter Eggs. They are told
they can’t have any until Easter Sunday.
They go to bed and dream and think about the eggs. Shortly after midnight they sneak down to the
kitchen and begin eating the eggs. They
leave a mess and go back to bed. The
next day they hear shouting and remember the mess they had made. They learn a lesson in “moderation”. I loved reading this with my granddaughter. She read most of it to me. I loved being able to teach her a new word,
“moderation”. It was more fun listening
to her use the word all day long. When
her brother grabbed too many animal crackers she took some back and said, “No
Jacob, we need to eat them in moderation. That means not too often or too
much.” Her brother grabbed them back
from her. She shrugged and told me, “I
guess he doesn’t understand the word moderation”. I love books that my grandkids like and that
teach lessons that are not to big. They
are taught in a way that a first grader gets it. This is the fourth book by this author and
will definitely not be the last. I love
his books and will recommend them to everyone I know with younger children.
Counting to Ten and Sharing My Easter Eggs – David Chuka
This is a wonderful, and colorful counting book using easter
eggs and rhyming. It has a simple
message about sharing what you have. In
the book a young girl is given Easter eggs.
As she counts to ten she tells who she will share her Easter Eggs
with. Haylee liked this book because she
could read it to her brother. She said
it was too easy because she already knew how to count to ten. She read it then had her brother count the
numbers with her. I enjoyed the book
because it was so bright and colorful.
We read it on my Kindle Fire which meant the pictures were very
bright. Once again, another great book
by David Chuka to share with my grandkids and recommend to parents everywhere.
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