Story Time

Today we received a fun surprise!  Lucia was going to be joining us for story time!  

Yesterday, Saul and I set a goal for ourselves.  We wanted to read five stories today, which was more than we've ever read during story time!  We had a mixture of truck books, some mythology, and even a silly monster!  

In Tickle Monster you have to pay close attention to what happens to his parts as you tickle him!  

Today, Saul quickly caught that his horns became the moon, while his arms and legs became trees!  Lucia observed that his body and ears became a house!  

Silly Tickle Monster! 

Even without our mythology enthusiast, Giacomo, we have continued to explore stories from around the world! 

Today we read an African Folktale about how the moon and sun came to be in the sky!  These illustrations are beautiful, and were even recognized with a Caldecott Honor, which Lucia noticed!  

So now we've read a story from the Ashanti about how the moon comes to be in the sky, a Japanese story about how the moon and sun are placed in the sky, and now we have this new story! 

“Why do they put this on? That little circle?” - Lucia 
This one says it’s a Caldecott Honor book, which means it almost won for illustrations. Lucia wants to know why there are silver circles on our books. 
“Well, somebody put the silver circles on the book and they made them flat.” - Saul
Yes, and the silver circles mean something.  They are part of an award you can win for illustrations.  It means that this book didn’t win for best illustrations, but the people liked their illustrations. - Elyse

Pajama Design Reveal

“Ours [RRB] is this one!” - Lucia