Unforseen Side Effects of an Expensive Education

Once upon a time, not so very long ago, I had the opportunity to spend 6 years of my life pursuing advanced degrees in English. This is an opportunity for which I am grateful--and for which I am still making monthly payments. Upon the completion of said degrees, I chose to make a career shift. Now I stay home with my children. Despite the inherent challenges, I love it. However, early on I encountered an unexpected problem: while reading books to my young daughter I had to repeatedly suppress the urge to make edits to the texts with a Sharpie. I am grateful for my daughter's love of books, but after being nearly driven to distraction several times by the repeated reading of books I couldn't stand, I started making lists. I noted various authors and titles that I could read over and over without being overcome with the urge to poke out my eyes. Now, with this blog, I endeavor to share these eye-poke-less (in my opinion) books with my other Mom and Dad friends. Hopefully this will help to make story time more enjoyable for everyone. Perhaps it will even save you from finding yourself spinning a web of white lies in order to cover up the fact that you hid that one book you couldn't stand to read even one more time under the couch...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?

By Martin Waddell, Illustrated by Barbara Firth

This book has won all sorts of awards, but it is actually my least favorite member of the Big Bear, Little Bear series. It is still quite good and I like it, I just like the others in the series much better. This one, after the 3rd or 4th reading, starts to get on my nerves a bit. Maybe it's because similar things have happened at our house... Little Bear is trying here to get over his fear of the dark. Big Bear, as usual, helps him out. I would NOT recommend reading this to your child if it has not yet occurred to him or her to be afraid of the dark--no need to go putting ideas in little heads before their time!
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2 comments:

  1. Melissa MarkhamMay 12, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    This is so awesome!!! I can't wait to try out these books. Boo and I love to read together and I'm always on the lookout for new books. I'm especially excited about the violin and hairdo ones. They look awesome! Thank you SO much for a wonderful birthday present!! You're the best.

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  2. Jocelyn ChristensenJune 17, 2010 at 6:35 PM

    Write this down. I am your first follower!!! I win something, right? Oh, no? Ok, then, I'll settle for bragging rights.

    Oh, and BTW, our water main broke too (two years ago now?) sending a beautiful fountain of water up in the middle of our front yard. It was the builder's fault for not using the correct tubing...all is fixed. I feel your pain though!

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