We’ve not done a lot of reading this week, what we have done is focus on a couple of books by Satoshi Kitamura.
The first is Millie’s Marvellous Hat. This is fabulous. Millie spends all of her (non existent) money on an imaginary hat. She then gradually realises that everyone has a hat. There’s loads to look at and talk about, and I love when the hat sings (which has similarities with Igor, the bird who couldn’t sing). Both of the children loved imagining their own hats and tomorrow I’m going to suggest that we make hats out of paper to decorate.
The second book by this author is sheep in wolves clothing. This has a very different feel to it, with three sheep travelling to the beach for a swim and having their coats stolen in the process. Thankfully a detective sheep and some cats come to the rescue.
Again there’s lots to look at and talk about, and the way different animals are depicted is great fun. Wolves who knit, cats who play rugby, very odd and yet it all works.
We also have Stone Age boy which Smallest adores, which is different again, being in some parts almost like a text book.
Along with these we’ve read
The Snail and the Whale
The perfect hug
My special bedtime bear
Pirate dinosaurs in Smugglers Bay.
So still 6 books, keeping us ticking along.
Our numeric tally.
6 picture books read making 123/300 (42%)
Books bought – 1
Prizes – 0.
Books disposed of. 0
Library books borrowed – 0 (91? cumulative not sure this is right.)
See week 9
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