I knew we’d be spending a lot of time at home this weekend, new puppy and all that… so I went ahead and reserved a bunch of the books from the Easy Readers/Early Chapter Books. Generally speaking – I didn’t love them.
These are all perfectly fine books – Clementine was my favorite because I really like Clementine.
I Broke My Trunk – Mo Willems. I know it’s sacrilege to say so, but sometimes his books are boring. This is one of those books.
Dodsworth in Rome – I do not understand these books. OK I understand them, I am just not sure why one might read them to/with their kids. Kids should read travel books and learn about wonderful, famous places but I’m not sure that Dodsworth and Duck are the best books for that.
Aggie Gets Lost – I always want more from an Aggie story than I get. In this case, I really wanted more and it was just the same ole Aggie story stuff.
Frog & Friends – The balloon story was cute. The other two were fine.
Clementine and the Family Meeting – I really like Clementine. I like her a lot. She’s an awesome 8 year old with some of the same problems any other 8 year old might have. I like her parents and I like her teachers/principal. I even like her friends.