Common in the parenting world are these discussions about boys and books. In fact Newbery Award winning author and this week’s OZ event author, Shannon Hale, weighs into the debate here, saying that she believes that boys don’t come by this attitude naturally. Still, it is true that our little guy, the dee man, was at first only interested in trucks and truck books. (I’m talking when he was two) but over the last year (he’s now four) he has branched out greatly into all kinds of books and interests.
So, a couple of weeks ago the great illustrator and author Peter Brown was here to talk about all of his books but specifically the new book that he illustrated Creepy Carrots! A great book about a little bunny who encounters these creepy little carrots. Dee, his sister Harper, and several buddies new and old came to here Peter talk Creepy Carrots! and they’ve been talking about it ever since. In fact a friend who was at the event sent a picture via Facebook of their homemade Creepy Carrots! (I cropped the image for privacy sake)
Dee loves the inscription Peter wrote in his book, “Don’t be creepy!” every time we read it he laughs and laughs and says “that’s so funny”. On Friday he took it to school for show and tell and his teacher read the book to the class, including the inscription. He was so proud! How to say this gently… you’re missing out if you’re not getting keepsake books inscribed for your kids. It’s something they’ll never forget. And here’s a hint, these are the kinds of things that will make them love books. Girls and boys.
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