Books 34- 36

34- Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by: Dr. Seuss
Writing: B- Illustrations: A

Okay, here is my dirty little secret, I don't care for Dr. Seuss. There, I wrote it. His books are very often too long and I distinctly remember not enjoying many of them when I was little. I especially hated them when I was trying to read because he makes up words. So, there I was trying to sound out a word and the word didn't even exist! It is good for those who learned phonetics, but not the whole word approach which I am convinced is how I was taught. Anyway, this book doesn't disappoint on my pet peeves. Too long, and words I had trouble pronouncing until I figured out what they were supposed to rhyme with and I feel like I am a fairly good reader. Good meaning to the story though, there are always people worse off than you. Maybe they own a whole library of Dr. Seuss books and luckily you don't. :)

35- Will You Still Love Me? by: Jean-Baptiste Baronian illustrated by: Noris Kern
Writing: A Illustrations: A

The little polar bear in this book thinks his parents do not love him anymore. He tries to find out why and finally decides to ask his parents. It turns out a baby is on the way and he finds out that his parents will love both of them with all of their hearts. A good book for right now in our family and pretty pictures.

36- Look! Look! Look! by: Nancy Elizabeth Wallace with Linda K. Friedlaender
Writing: B+ Illustrations: A

Cut paper illustrations are nice. This book would be great for an art class. Three mice find a post card of a famous painting and learn all sorts of things about it (there are colors in a picture, lines in a picture and shapes in a picture). Not the best writing to move it along, but creative enough to make it more interesting than just an art lesson.