Funky Beats.

Song/Q.U.E.E.N
Artist/Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu

Thankful and Blessed [HMD]

joyful smile

silly laughter

heartfelt kisses

intriguing conversationalist

extraordinary talker

my teacher

amazing joy

ultimate sacrifice

undeniable love

a gift from GOD

lifes BIG blessing

I am THANKFUL and BLESSED to be called his MOTHER.

Happy Mothers Day to all mothers near and above, 
and to the parental units who are in that role.

I Judged A Book.

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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?

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