Kidsomnia

A quick read, this level 1 book describes a class trip to the zoo. Thomas breezes through this story. The recording will be no help with your insomnia, move along please.
Tags: childrens books, podcast, humor, scholastic, classtrip, zoo, chimpanzee

Fluffy’s a poor little guinea pig who is subjected to disturbing scenes of small boys losing their baby teeth… Actually, Fluffy appears rather jealous as he also wants to the tooth fairy to visit him. All’s well that ends well when she brings Fluffy a bit of green pepper.
This book put me to sleep! I [...]

Night of the Living Bed? This has got to be good! Indeed, a few cows, pigs, and a pig named Hamlet go rolling down the hill on a bed and into town. Turns out it’s Halloween so, in clear need of chocolate, the animals set off trick or treating. It’s a good book.
Thomas reads this [...]

“Spiders” is an easy to read book (well, easy for first grade anyway) with beautiful pictures of arachnids. The boys and I love insects and spiders so we really enjoyed this one. Two improvements that would have benefitted the book: including the name of each animal shown, and a life-sized silhouette of each spider. Still [...]

An entry-level Clifford book, Thomas read it at the request of his brothers. It’s kindergarten level and on-topic for this time of the year. I didn’t find Clifford too well drawn though, maybe he’s wearing out?
Tags: childrens books, podcast, humor, scholastic, clifford, valentine’s day