GT's Book Review

Hey there...today I've decided to start a new series on my blog called "GT's Book Review"...

Books are BIG in our house.  We love books.  There aren't many things sweeter in the world than rounding the corner to a silent bedroom to see your child contently flipping through the pages of a story book.

GT has already "read" books to me...sure, he's reciting them from memory, but my heart melted the first time I realized that he could read to me, as we have been reading to him since he was a newborn.

So...without further adieu...and with a little inspiration from my bloggin' buddy Andie over at CrayonFreckles - I bring you....

GT's Book Review

Our area has a terrific library system.  It's outrageous, really...It's a favorite pass time of ours to visit the library and load up on a stack of books to take home.  A lot of the time, we just wander the shelves and pull things that strike our fancy - but this time, we went looking for some specific items to help us with things we are working on with GT, like rhyming, counting to 20, and most specifically, the book Press Here that Andie talked about on her blog.

First up:

DEFINITE MUST READ for the KIDDOS

GT loved this book!!  It was interactive, each page gives you instructions on what dot to press and which way to press it, which in turn, moves the dots all over the pages of the book...it was a lot of fun & we never read it just once...every time we got to the end, I'd hear - let's read it again!!

DEFINITE MUST READ for the KIDDOS

Rhyming is BIG in our house right now...GT LOVED this book!!...and I did too!!  Throughout the book, you are helping Sherman pick which shoes he should choose for specific activities...

 

A Great Book!

One of the things we are working on with GT right now is counting to 20.  He's pretty well got it, except for he does get a little mixed up with 15 & 16...
This book was great for a few reasons...since we are big on not just reading the words of books, but also examining and talking about the pictures on each page - we liked how this book provided an activity for us to "find the four little chicks" on each page of the book.  Totally up our alley!!

Ehhh...

We picked this book because it has Curious George in it.  GT likes Curious George...I'm still deciding if I'm a fan or not...I felt like this book was trying to hard... In a nutshell - at the start of the story, there is a missing puppy...as the story progresses, Curious George lets all of the other puppies out of their cage at the kennel and there are puppies everywhere - the adults end up finding the missing puppy after they get all of the other puppies back in their cages - and then they find the missing puppy - the book pretty much excuses Curious George's naughty behavior...something I am not a fan of!!  We are about accountability in our house!!!  Curious George was being a BAD monkey!!

 

Ehhh....

This book is the companion to the book Goodnight Moon, which is one of our favorites.  This book was ok...nothing too exciting.  GT liked it...I wasn't so impressed.



Not too bad...

This book is just what it says - This Little Piggy illustrates the fun game that I'm sure we've all played with tootsies one time or another...it was a good book.



Phooey is Right!!

This book was terrible.  I don't know what I was expecting my picking it...I guess I thought the illustrations were good.  The book takes you on a walk with a very sourpuss little boy - who doesn't find appreciation for anything until the very end of the book.  For me, it was a whole lot of negative to sit through just to get to the "message"... I did NOT like this book.