A Must-Read
Our new favorite.
We’ve had a copy of The Mitten by Jan Brett in Peanut’s room for a while but hadn’t gotten around to reading it. Yesterday at nap time, Peanut picked it out for me to read to her. (She puts up no argument whatsoever about nap time when I read her a book first - YAY!!) She absolutely loved this book. She thought it was silly and fun, which it is. It is also short enough for a pre-nap or pre-bedtime book, or anytime you have a few minutes. It’s well-written, and the illustrations are gorgeous. The basic story is that a boy’s grandmother makes him snow-white mittens. Of course he loses one. And then a bunch of animals get in to snuggle. Each page has the main picture and in the border is an outline of a mitten. In the mitten is the picture of the next animal that will come along. Peanut likes this because she could “guess” what was coming next when we first read it.
Go check this out of the library - your toddler will love it. Also, you can find some fun activities to go along with it at Jan Brett’s website. Click here for that. There are printables like this for coloring and other stuff. This is a really cool website with lots of activities - and not just for The Mitten. Give it a look if you’re looking for something to do!
November 19th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Informative and entertaining. I’ve added your blog to my “reading material.” Keep me updated!