What We're Reading

The big hit of the day for books is Chato's Kitchen, by Gary Soto. The things that Isadora loves are the Spanish accents that you have use while reading the book. The major drawback of the book are the Spanish accents that you have to use while reading all the spanish words. Kidding aside, it is a great book and has fabulous writing for a book that a preschooler can get into. One of my favorites: "He shivered the mice from his back and they dropped like gray fruit." Wow - can you not picture that?!! Isadora can't really get into those descriptions yet, but I believe it will help her build an appreciation of good writing. How can that NOT rub off on you?

In other news, Erik went to some cheap store that is by his work and got Isadora some cheap plastic dinosaurs. She was a little taken aback by the scary expression on the T-Rex, but insisted on bringing it to her bed. We happened to have the book Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, by Byron Barton, and so we read that aloud to her. The writing is really simple and the pictures are bright and clear. Isadora made a connection between her own dinosaur and the book: "Look, my dinosaur has plates!" Wellll, her dinosaur didn't really have plates, but it was exciting to see her make the connection between the book and her own little plastic dinosaur.