I hoped this would be a little more applicable to teaching (and it probably is for elementary teachers), but definitely a parenting-centric book. I'll have to read this again when we decide to start our own family! Definitely recommended.
A little gem of a book. Not much new in its pages for me as I love reading aloud to my class and will do so with my children. I did enjoy the little anecdotes though about the different children and the ideas for some new books to discover.
Mem Fox keeps things simple and that’s exactly what I needed after listening to experts harangue the schools and teachers last week at the International Reading Association conference. Mem Fox says it all comes down to reading aloud. Do that with your children and your students three times a day and...
Growl is a hoot. Although we had a hard time reconciling afternoon tea with the orchard at first. When I read that the author lives in Australia we both went "ahhhh." Such a cute monster.
I really like this book. It has all kinds of sheep--clown sheep, thin sheep, near sheep--and on each page, the rhyming text ends with "But where is the green sheep?" It doesn't really have a point, but it's cute and funny, and I enjoy it.
I dearly love Fox's work, but this one came too late to grab us; we were already past sleepy-time books before we ever saw it.
Simple and yet very insightful book on how to help your child read well.
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