Daniel's Reading List March

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur, by E.S. Hunt
Daniel says he liked this book because he liked the character and all the adventure and the tools he uses.

Days With Frog and Toad, A Lobel.
We read these over and over, especially the story, Shivers.   Daniel is keenly aware of the words, can recognize some, but mostly enjoys these stories for their simple, easy to understand look at real human feelings, personified by the animals: friendship, fear, aloneness, responsibility...

Spiderman, Worst Enemies DK Readers (2), by Catherine Saunde
Daniel loves this for gathering info on his super heroes, studying the drawings, often copying hte art or asking me to do out-line copies for him to colour in.  He will often browse through them alone, trying to guess what words mean or sound them out.

Franny K.  Stein Mad Scientist, The Fran That Time Forgot, by J. Benton
Daniel loved this book for it's illustrations, mad scientist character, and chaotic, inventor's bedroom.  It was a great inspiration for a discussion on time, and if you could go back, how things might have been different.

Jeremy Kooloo, by T.Mahurin
This is a cleverly done book with beautiful illustrations.  Each word in the story starts with A, then B, etc  It is humorous, and Daniel wanted it read again and again, and laughed his head off at it.  He then went through a stage where he wanted it read backwards, he's been asking for that a lot, looking for the playfulness and logic in sounds.  I've caught him "reading" this book several times both forward and backwards to the our home daycare children.