Monday is
library day at my sons’ school. Like clockwork every Monday he brings a book
home. I take the book out of his book bag, look at the book and then sit the
book on table. I can honestly say that
half of the books he brings home don’t get read, mainly because we go to the public
library frequently which amounts to having tons of library books along with personal
books.
This past
Monday when my son brought his library book home, I took it out of his book bag.
I looked at the book and thought, ewe Pinkalicious? To be exact, “Pinkalicious: Fairy House was the book’s
title! Really! Oh this isn’t getting read,” I said to myself.
I
immediately wondered why my kid picked this book. It’s pink and glitzy - it’s a
girly book (yes, I said that). What happened to the robot books, the car books,
the truck books, or even the SpongeBob books that he brought home before? I glanced
over the book one more time and I then put Pinkalicious and all her pink glory
on the table...with no thought of adding it to this week’s reading list.
Today is
Wednesday and Pinkalicious: Fairy House
was read to my son last night before bed time and I enjoyed it. Well, we both enjoyed the book.
The book is
about Pinkalicious along with her friend Peter, building a cozy house in the
backyard for fairies to stay in during their visit to her family’s blooming garden
which she believes comes to life each year due to the fairies hard work. The book
is an I Can Read book which makes me happy, happy! It’s an easy reader for
parents (especially if you are tired from a long day) and it encourages my son to
read as well as helps with his reading skills via the use of site words. The
book is also well written illustrated. Because
I enjoyed the book so much, I later decided to Google the book title to see
what I could find out about the author. What I found was that there was a
Pinkalicious website - a lot more than I was looking for! But seriously, the
website is very well designed, it’s informative and educational.
So in less
than a week I learned again that I was wrong. Just because my son brought home
a pink colored glitzed out girly book was not a good reason to not want to read
the book to him. Thus I am reminded of an old saying, “One should never judge a
book by its cover.” As I am normally not the type of parent that will stir my
child away from something because of its makeup…why would I start now?
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What books
are you reading with your children? Do any of these books or authors of books have
interactive/educational websites or apps?
