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During the month of August I have been making my way through my children’s favourite books, in celebration of Children’s Book Week (officially this week in Australia). So far we have had:
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Thinker’s Choice (9.5 y.o)
10 Favourite Children’s Books – Little Rascal’s Choice (7 y.o)
Today we have Possum’s choice who is five years old and at the moment the only girl in the children mix. (Possum said again today that it would be great if the new baby was a girl!)
I had to prompt her a little with why she chose these books, her answers were pretty succinct, so I have added a small note myself as well.
(1). Hunwick’s Egg
Possum: The egg is a very beautiful colour.
Mum: A very sweet story about having a special friend.
(2). Belinda
Possum: The man looks funny in a dress.
Mum: A quirky tale with funny illustrations.
(3). Annie’s Chair
Possum: I like how the dog tries to cheer Annie up.
Mum: Shows how compromise can work!
(4). Rascal’s Trick
Possum: I like how Rascal’s trick scares the cat.
Mum: The Rascal Series are a fantastic introduction to reading for small children.
(5). Magic Beach
Possum: I like the rhyming.
Mum: Beautiful examples of how you can use your imagination to have fun.
(6). Friends
Possum: It would be fun to collect eggs.
Mum: The story captures the volatility of friendships of young children.
(7). Where Is the Green Sheep? (Horn Book Fanfare List (Awards))
Possum: I like it because I can read it.
Mum: When Possum says she can read it, she means the she has read it with me so many times and with the help of the beautiful illustrations she can say all the text by herself!
(8). Snap went Chester by Tania Cox and David Miller
Possum: It is fun to read.
Mum: Children can anticpate what to say on the next page.
(9). Possum Magic
Possum: I like how they travel around Australia.
Mum: A beautiful story that is a great way to introduce some Australian geography.
(10). Olivia
Possum: Olivia is funny.
Mum: You have to love a pig with attitude and style!
Next week we will have Babaganouski’s favourite books (2 y.o), as determined by the rotation in the night time reading schedule!
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That’s great Possum thinks she can read … very cute! Great list BTW.
If you ask Groover (age 5) what books he loves to read … it would be anything Historical (eg Knights, Romans, Egyptians, Samurais etc).
However we make sure he gets a lot of “storybooks” as well. I’m so glad he loves books!
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Master Four loves Possum Magic. It doesn’t have high rotation because he prefers the books he can read for himself though, like Spot, or the Hairy McClary books – they are firm favourites of both him and Miss Two. In fact she has one, that just like Possum, she can ‘read’ too!
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Great List!
We LOVE Annie’s Chair in this house and have a CD of Alison Lester stories which is played a LOT!
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Just discovered your lovely blog and so enjoyed reading this list of favourite books. So nice to read a blog of another Melbourne mum!
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