What is Ezri reading?

It’s been awhile, but don’t fear Ezri and I have been reading.

Lately, she’s been looking through Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman and we read it together. I point at the gorilla on each page and say “gorilla.” Ezri turns the pages for me and she will sit for the whole book which is a testament to its coolness as Ezri’s attentions have been known to wander. Goodnight, Gorilla is a charming almost wordless book that follows a zoo keeper who says goodnight to the zoo and the gorilla who poaches his keys and lets out the animals. The animals all follow the zookeeper back to his bedroom and then the zookeeper’s wife leads them all back to the zoo. Ezri particularly likes the almost entirely black pages when the lights are out. As she gets older she’ll be able to find the balloon and small mouse who also appear on each page.

Ezri is also enjoying books from the series Usborne Touchy-Feely books. We have two of this series of books out from the library:
1) Kittens by Fiona Watt and illustrated by Rachel Wells. This book has a variety of fabric textures inside and many fuzzy bits which Ezri finds delightful.
2) We also have That’s Not My Monster in the same series from the same author/illustrator duo.
On the first page a big pink monster smiles and the text reads, “That’s not my monster. Its eyebrows are too hairy.” Then there are spikes that are too fuzzy, paws that are too bumpy, and horns that are too rough. On the final page the reader finds MY monster whose ears are so fluffy. Again, petting the book is clearly the highlight. There are other titles. I’m sure we will be checking out other titles like That’s Not My Frog or That’s Not My Snowman or That’s Not My Train or That’s not My Dinosaur or That’s Not My Penguin. You get the idea and they are pretty much all the same. But, the concept works and Ezri enjoys touching the books, so bring them on.