What is Ezri Reading?

I haven’t been writing about Ezri’s book reading habits in awhile.
We have been reading – every day at naptime AND bedtime and often in between.

Just to give a sampling of what we read, Here are a few favorites from yesterday’s reading:

The Little Critter easy readers by Mercer Meyer
There’s nothing like a monster and his little sister trekking out into the snow to make snowball soup for their newly created snowman.
Ezri is entertained by the light stories of Little Critter’s school outings and his descriptions of daily life as a kid (monster, but this monster has all the characteristics of an average five-year-old).

Jan Thomas’ Is Everyone Ready for FUN? featuring cows whose games include jumping, dancing and wiggling on mouse’s red sofa. Mouse tells them their behavior is not permitted on his sofa and eventually they decide the only thing for it is to nap on the sofa. This slight story about rambunctious cows is heavy on fun. It has very bright and energetic art that make it a read aloud fave.

And for a bit of bibliotherapy we read
Caillou: Hurry Up!
In this book, Caillou seems to be right about Ezri’s age and his baby sister has kept his parents from sleeping the night before. The whole family is having a rough morning and Caillou’s parents are pushing him to get ready and out the door. The cat knocks over a plant and Caillou is more interested in the cat than either his breakfast or getting dressed. Dad raises his voice at Caillou and apologizes for it. Just an average morning in a busy house from the perspective of the household three-year-old.
Ezri has connected to Caillou through watching his DVDs. I liked this story of parents not being their best and the toddler being understanding for all the obvious reasons.

Another new thing we do is to read to baby brother, Ivan. He is often asleep during these reading sessions. Ezri picks stories to read to him. If it’s a story she knows well (e.g. The Curious Cat, Moo-moo Goes to the City, Brown Bear) then she will “read” it. If it is new to Ezri, I will read it to Ivan and she will listen. It’s fun for her to pick stories she thinks Ivan might like and fun to revisit the books she enjoyed a year or more ago. Ezri said, “I liked this when I was a tiny baby. Here ya go, Ivan.”