tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062776272512858294.post805580129016524759..comments2023-11-02T03:48:14.985-05:00Comments on Making Home Work: Reading to Your Child--Three Reasons Why You ShouldNaomi Rawlingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02431203734855694561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062776272512858294.post-85011185297937095652012-03-12T10:47:52.415-05:002012-03-12T10:47:52.415-05:00I know what you mean about kids liking the books p...I know what you mean about kids liking the books parents hate. My son is always wanting Bob the Builder books or Thomas the Train ones, and I'm like<br />"What about Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?"Naomi Rawlingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431203734855694561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5062776272512858294.post-22277791436231381332012-03-12T09:38:28.233-05:002012-03-12T09:38:28.233-05:00She no longer has favorite books. When she was lit...She no longer has favorite books. When she was little, for some reason she'd prefer over and over the dumb dollar store ones, the ones with little or no plot that like just relied on the fuzzy feel or the famous characters to sell it. Like "Minnie mouse plays peek-a-boo, Grover eats carrots...." I read them, over and over--nearly died!<br /><br />But now, she likes variety and yet still likes them read over and over. We go to the library once a week and get a bag full so we can read different books every night, it makes it exciting that there's a brand new book to read, and I don't have to end up reading the same book a million times, just twice a night (she'd want it read more than twice buy I just can't handle more than twice.)Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694997767665205395noreply@blogger.com