Ok, day 26!
PiBoIdMo is starting, so keep an eye out for fun illustrated posts!
I think for November 1st I’m going to do all the notes from the last year in a mega-post.
Yes, I will call it
THE MEGA POST!
But what about today, huh?
Well today we are saying goodnight to a construction site.
Title: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Published by: Chronicle Books, 2011
Written by: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Illustrated by: Tom Lichtenheld
In one word: Construction-rific!
In one sentence: All the hard-working vehicles on the construction site are going to bed!
Favorite pages:
Likes:
- It rhymes! And the rhythm is so great!
- I like that the stories start with what they do during the day, and then we see them going to bed 🙂
- the repetition of goodnight__________, goodnight.
- The illustrations…wax oil pastels…the texture looks so great.
- This is a perfect book for little boys or girls who LOVE construction sites (like me when I was younger….my dad’s a construction worker)
- I really love the night sky and the moon illustrations
- I love the eyes on the vehicles too.
Learns:
- Trucks can be SOOO cute.
- Goodnight books are so peaceful. This one is active with the vehicles but then they go to sleep, so it’s calming too.
- I like the chalky/wax oil pastel look.
- Rhyming works when done well.
Bookshelf time!
Only 5 more days, can you believe it?
Please pat yourself on the back…
I’m so happy to have so many fun people joining me on this adventure!
Enthusiastically yours until tomorrow,
KE and Singe Singe
I, for one, am totally looking forward to your Mega Post! 🙂
Today I read COWBOY & OCTOPUS by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. I have to say…I don’t get it. Can anyone else explain the appeal of this book to me? Do kids like it? I mean, I read it to the 2 year old I nanny and he didn’t get any of the humor. I would really like to hear your thoughts….
Marcie, Cowboy and Octopus is a favorite in our house. But, not by my two year old. My five year old son and 7 year old daughter laugh hysterically at — Beans and Bacon, Bacon and Beans, and Bean with a little bit of Bacon! I really like reading it aloud using a cowboy voice and somewhat serious voice for octopus. Just my thoughts — our family has an odd sense of humor though.
I can say that I have read it to kids at schools and many don’t like it. I think it is one of those books, you either love it or hate it.
I did read this book with some children, older, probably 5 or 6, and they loved it because they felt like they were in on the joke while the characters weren’t…like the knock knock joke, or the bacon and beans, or the seesaw one…it always seems like one of them is being poked fun at in each story. I love the illustrations and find it so ridiculously funny that a cowboy and an octopus are friends.
They shook hands, and shook hands, and shook hands…I love that part 🙂
Your Mega Post sounds as though it will be Mega FUN! And I have heard good things about Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. Why haven’t I read it yet?
Today I re-read “Willow’s Whispers” by Lana Button, illustrated by Tania Howells. I love this story of a little girl with a very soft voice, who has to deal with many disappointments because no one hears her when she speaks. Eventually she comes up with a plan that works for a while, by making a microphone out of cardboard and glitter, but then she has to find a way to speak up for herself by herself. It’s a great book both for kids who have trouble expressing themselves in group situations, and for kids who have no trouble at all, but perhaps steamroller over the quiet shy kids without even realizing it.
Sounds like a topic that I haven’t really encountered in too many books…thanks Beth!
We read SAD SANTA by Tad Carpenter. I was drawn to this book because of the illustrations. Kinda old-school but hip-modern. I looked at the author’s amazon page and he has done stuff for Target. The book just looks cool!
However, Santa is too sad for most of the book. Lots of attempts to make him feel better, but he is just too sad. I kept waiting for something funny or exciting to happen, but it didn’t. Oh well. Nice looking book though.
Oh, I hate when the illustrations are awesome and the story doesn’t live up. I don’t know if I could take Santa being sad through an entire book…I’ll check it out though. Thanks!
I’ve read interviews of Sherri Rinker, and I hope to read the book if it makes its way here! Today I read “The Bumpy Little Pumpkin” by Margery Cuyler. Even though it was published in 2005, it’s still a great read for little kids. My son and his friend were enthralled. We have to carve our pumpkin this wkend. I know….I’m behind!
I like Margery Cuyler but hadn’t heard of this book.
And hey, you’re ahead of me on pumpkin carving…I don’t think I’ll get to it this year!
Yikes…it’s late…and my husband is waiting to watch a movie with me and I have to get up tomorrow at 6:30am and work from 9 to 5. 🙁
But I realized I hadn’t posted for day 26…I love the ‘Construction Site’ book…it was one of my picks for your challenge. Today I read, “Sacajawea of the Shoshone” written by Natasha Yim and Illustrated by Albert Nguyen. I won it from Susanna’s giveaway when she featured author Natasha Yim. The book is part of a series for elementary kids called, “The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses”. The story gives us a truer picture of how Sacajawea came to lead Lewis and Clark and how difficult the journey was for her. The illustrations are lovely and it’s a story adults would enjoy and learn from as well.
Your post over at Tara’s blog was AWESOME! Am I inspired? You bet I am!!!!
Wow, hope you had a good work day!
That’s cool that you won that book…I was looking at it and it seems really great. I love when Non-fiction and picture book collide.
Thanks for the kind words on the post 🙂