I knew I had read not only Father Bear Comes Home by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak, but the series of “Little Bear” books as a kid (and had them read to me). I knew there was a cartoon that I would (as an adult) sometimes catch (research for babysitting/future nieces and nephews) but when starting it last night, I realized how much I had forgotten about it. One thing I did not forget though, is why are the adults the only […]
I told you once, I told you twice, all seasons of the year are nice for eating chicken soup with rice!
Maurice Sendak is perhaps most famous for Where the Wild Things Are but he wrote many other books as well. Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months is a book from my childhood. I don’t have any specific memories of it being read to me but I remember it being about while growing up. When my first daughter was born my Mom passed our tiny, battered, dog chewed copy on to me. As soon as I opened the cover, the sing song nature of the book and […]
Ending as I began..
I committed to a half-Cannonball, so this is me accomplishing a goal! I began as I intend to finish, with a book by my all-time favourite author, Maurice Sendak. My squishies are legendary lovers of books. I have bought and shared many many precious books with them, but this one, I admit, I have hoarded in my bedroom, away from their often-sticky fingers. So now it is a special book that the Littlest Squishie loves to look at when ever she is allowed to invade […]