Dr Seuss was a genius. And a nutcase at the same time. His books send you into instant tongue twisting stories and take you to strange places. Fox in Socks is one of these. I almost stutter reading this. James however, is much more fluent than me.
Abi loves this story just as much as the original. The Cat is very naughty but redeems himself in the end by helping the children clean up the mess he makes. A classic story.
This story is about machines. Abi loves the rescue helicopter, the crane and the tractor. The illustrations are great in this book too. Now when we drive down the Cahill Expressway, Abi chimes to the machines on the side of the road "they can work all day!" which is the ending sentence on every page. Very cute.
This is a really cute story indeed. The illustrations are fantastic. The story involves a stick man who loses his way from his family tree and goes on a scary adventure to the park, the beach and almost into a fireplace! Santa rescues him and drops him home on Christmas Eve. A great read.
A classic children's book. This naughty tiger comes to tea and eats and drinks everything in the house, including all the water from the tap! The family have no dinner so they go to a cafe for dinner. The next day the little girl buys some tiger food in case the Tiger comes back, but he never does. Abi likes the illustrations mostly.
Such great ones that I'll keep in mind when Grace gets a bit older. I used to use the Tiger story with my classes when I was teaching as part of a maths activity.
ReplyDeleteLOVE dr. seuss. I also love your blog name, very clever :)
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