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When I started this blog, I merely wanted to journal my scintillating suburban life. Since books are such a huge part of our entire family's daily life, I planned to pepper my daily posts with book reviews here and there. Now that I have been doing this for a while, I decided to devote an entire section to our favorite or currently read books. This library remains a work in progress, but perhaps it will continue to grow and become a helpful resource to any one looking for a good read. Feel free to send me any suggestions on how to make this more helpful.
Chuckles' (age 5) List
Miss Fox, by Simon Puttock
This is Chuckles' current favorite book. It's a cute story about a "sweet" fox tricking unsuspecting children to get what she wants. Lily Lamb, a mischievous student, comes to the rescue. I love the underlying message of human trickery in the story, while Chuckles loves the humor.
Tea for Ruby, by Sarah the Duchess of York Ferguson
OK, I have to admit, I am not a fan of books written by royalty or celebrity who most likely got their book deal on their name. (Sorry, Duchess.) However, Chuckles loves this book about a little girl who is invited to tea with the queen. If you have a girly-girl, she most likely will like this book, as the illustrations are really cute and detailed. The illustrator, Robin Preiss Glassner, is the same person who illustrated the Fancy Nancy books.
Dirty Gertie, by Lori Mortensen
We took this book out of the library and Chuckles has made me read it to her approximately 602 times. I've had to renew it twice. She even talked Poonch into reading it to her. I'm not sure why. However, it is a cute story about two sisters who get a pet guinea pig named Gertrude whom they promise to take care of (sound familiar?). Of course they slack off a little, and Gertrude becomes Dirty Gertie. The story has a great responsibility theme, which can never be repeated too often in my book (no pun intended). The illustrations are cute, too. If you have a pet responsibilities that your child can share in, this is a great story to read to your little one.
Poonch's (age 7) List:
Molly Learns a Lesson, by Valerie Tripp
Molly is growing up during WWII, and her class has a "Lend-A-Hand" contest, trying to decide what to do to help the soldiers. One girl wants to knit socks, but Molly is not interested in that and does her own thing. Eventually everyone learns the valuable lesson of working together to help the war effort. Asking Poonch to tell me in her own words why she likes this book, she replied, and I quote:
"I like reading American Girl books because they are really awesome. There are a lot of different times and each books tells you about that time."
The Lost Locket: Nancy Drew Notebooks #2, by Carolyn Keene
Nancy's best friend, Bess, loses her locket and thinks that their friend George had something to do with it. Thinking otherwise, Nancy Drew is on the case. These Nancy Drew notebooks are a great stepping stone for younger readers before hitting the longer and slightly more mature Nancy Drew series. As an avid Nancy fan back in my day, I am a big fan of these Notebooks.
(Author's Note: This page is in no way a sponsored product review. This is just our fam and a list of the books we love to curl up with.)
