my little bookcase - day 2

A book that makes your children laugh.

The first that comes to mind for my littles is Amelia Bedelia.

The second is a math reader. It is particularly humorous. Rabbit and Hare Divide an Apple.

Rabbit and Hare can't figure out how to divide the apple when Mr. Raccoon comes along and offers to bite it in half for them.

He eats it all up.

He does this repeatedly. But Rabbit and Hare eventually catch on and solve the problem themselves. We find this reader so funny!

The third book my kids laugh at is An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. Have you read it? So sweet. 

Jessica, who is naturally curious and always bringing something interesting home, drags back a large white pebble that turns out to be an egg. Marilyn, who knows everything, knows it is a chicken egg.

"See!" exclaimed Marilyn, "I was right! It is a chicken."

Jessica and the "chicken" become fast friends, but eventually the chicken's mother finds her lost baby and she and Jessica say goodbye. Jessica returns home and remarks how the mother said the funniest thing to her baby...

Don't you just love it?

Interesting thing I discovered, in playing this Instagram game (hashtag #mylittlebookcase), is we don't really own any kids joke books. Nor do we ever check them out of the library. I had a joke book as a kid called Pop-Up Riddles and I loved it ... maybe time to revisit the library.

See you on Instagram?

my little bookcase - join in?

This morning, Elizabeth over at Real Learning posted about a meme going around on Instagram for the month of May where we share the best children's books. There is a different category for each day of the month, using hashtag #mylittlebookcase. 

Updated here to add: I wanted to find the source of the Instagram game, and it turns out that this originates with Jackie of My Little Bookcase! What a fun blog. I haven't explored it completely yet, but its worth a look if you like books.

I'm joining in the Instagram game (@livefaithgirl) and will post here on the blog as well. Doesn't that sound like fun? I'm always up for ideas and sharing in the way of books! You too? 

Day 1? A classic.

Brittany's pick - Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

Dawson's pick - Old Yeller. "It was beautifully written and sad. A true tale of friendship between man and animal - almost a unity of the two."

Alexa's pick - A Little Princess by Frances Hodges Burnett. "Its such a sad story but its so happy at the end that you could cry." 

Maria's pick - Pinnochio.  "I just love the Talking Cricket and the Blue Fairy. I just love it so much."

Kate's pick - Goodnight Gorilla (she's two, so this pick was coerced!)

My pick - Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. I recently read this and it was amazing. 

For more great picks and ideas, check out Instagram!