On the Bookshelf

  The Bookshelf

Chloe is reading:

*Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
*Fox in Socks by Dr. Suess
*One Fish Two Fish by Dr. Suess
*Oh Say Can You Say by Dr. Suess
*Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack
*The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
*Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant

Topics she is interested in:

*wild animals (she loves the Life-Size Zoo books)

*Thomas the Tank Engine (the flap book is a daily read)

*painting

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Evan is reading:

*Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky

*James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

*Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett

*World of Cars by ??

*Little Farm by the Sea by Kay Chorao

Topics he is interested in:

*fairy tales -- this started with the Stinky Cheese Man book last month.  We found a great well-written collection Classic Fairy Tales by Michael Foreman. Of all the ones we've read so far, he really loves Jack and the Beanstalk, The Princess and the Pea and Rapunzel. 
*how things are made -- like glass and legos and paint
*paper airplanes (still)

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I am reading:

*cookbooks (always)
*learning more about big brand names and sweatshops and uplifting stuff like that
*plus: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson and Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Next to my books are George Winston CDs of which I simply cannot get enough :-)