Something my Girls are Not... Yet...

I have three children. One boy and two girls (twins). Right now, til next month at least; they are all three years old. Now, surprisingly, or maybe not, my girls are not girlie girls. And I guess that would be my fault since I was more of a tom-boy growing up, I'm not into tiaras and lace.

So, when I saw this book at the library, I thought it would be a great into for them to get into girlie things... and it was... for all three of them!

Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor and Illustrated by Robin Glasser (Ages 4-8)

Story of a little girl who loves to be fancy. She uses fancy words and explains what they are, for example, Posh is another word for Fancy. Here family is not fancy, but she places an ad at Grand Central Refrigerator and her family wants to take classes. As a treat, they go out, all while being fancy. I loved the looks on the other patrons' faces as they walked in the door. It is priceless. You'll have to get the book for yourself. It's a gem.

Oh, and the best part, since my kids loved her in this book, I'm excited to learn that she has other books too!

Happy Reading!

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I Spy a Freight Train

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Expectations

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Putting it in Perspective

Babar Goes to School by Laurent de Brunhoff (Ages 4-8) 2003 Being a King is hard work, but when children proclaim that it is difficult to be a child, Babar is baffled and decided to live a day in the life of a child, again , since he doesn't recall it being so difficult. Babar decided to go to school with the children one day and quickly learns that it can be difficult being a child. Especially learning that he doesn't quite recall how to do a math problem correctly or getting scolded for talking to his neighbor at circle time.... even though he was just trying to help. At the end of the day, Babar was quite tired and decided that it was much easier to be a grown up. Happy Reading!

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