good books

This book which can be found at http://www.amazon.com/ is one of my favorites to read to all my children, as is any book by Nancy Tillman.  The children have been blessed to get such a wonderful selection from their Nana and Nancy Tillman is the one that we get who seems to really capture the imagination of a child with beautiful eye catching art work.  The flow of her stories will last a life time with you as you turn every page and you as a father will find yourself back into your childhood and the time of adventure and love that you hand for just wanting to never grow up.  I know that has a father and one who wishes the best for his children that this book will have you back to its pages evry time you walk to the shelf, you will discover new stories to tell and new adventures to bring your children on.  A wonderful writter and illustrator, a must have for anyone who loves to remember the childhood they long to have back and even the one they thought was lost.

Yes that is right Steve Martin, now I know anyone with children who may be around my age or older remember Saturday Night Live when it was at its best, and I do mean its best, can remember this wild and crazy guy.  Not only is he one of my favorite comidians but this book has truely come to be one of the favorites among my children.  The art work by C.F. Payne is so in touch with the story and how I woul;d imaging Steve telling this story in person.  every page is full of great facial expression and action, it moves from page to page like a Steve Martin skit and you will find yourself once again remembering your childhood and having a great story to tell and laugh.  The best thing is that it comes with an audio cd by Steve Martin and his banjo that gives the story in a fast pace telling like it needs to have, face it sometimes haveing someone else read is a great time.  Do yourself a favor and get this book your kids will love it and come on its the man who can give you 20 insults about the size of his nose!  Find it at http://www.hatchettebookgroup.com/
Now on a learning topic it is important to remember for young children that are getting ready for school or that need some help to use reading time as a way to help point out letters and the sounds they make.  Make the hard sounds in the  readings and have them repeat you, when reading a rhyme or poem make sure to clearly speak the words so they have a chance to hear and repeat it several times for them.  You may want to use some words to see what they can point out in the story, find words that repeat and say them and have them find the word.  Give them evry oppurtunity to hear all the words in evry context as possible and to build off what is being said, this will help them in their decoding and their oral language development.
Well until next time share a good book