tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post116088505190235164..comments2023-11-02T07:53:45.876-07:00Comments on Girl's Gone Child: Does Moby Dick Come in Bath Book?GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1162609210583736402006-11-03T19:00:00.000-08:002006-11-03T19:00:00.000-08:00Yeah, the sitting and patiently reading thing only...Yeah, the sitting and patiently reading thing only started around 18 months for us. Unfortunately, it means I have to read a lot of books about trucks. WTF? But one new classic that I've got him into and that I think you will like (or I will eat the book on YouTube) is Helen Cooper's Tatty Ratty. The illustrations are the shiznit. Check it.scarbie dollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067032043776994982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161536949436334542006-10-22T10:09:00.000-07:002006-10-22T10:09:00.000-07:00I've always liked you, but now that I know you hat...I've always liked you, but now that I know you hate Sophie Kinsella too - well, I think I'm in love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161303709809087812006-10-19T17:21:00.000-07:002006-10-19T17:21:00.000-07:00Awww...I totally relate. Elby wouldn't listen to a...Awww...I totally relate. Elby wouldn't listen to a word but she loved the act of having me read. She'd just turn the pages really quickly like a madwoman or just try to eat the book. Finally she too started to settle down and listen. But, really, she likes to hear the same book over and over and point out the things she recognizes. They'll like the stories soon enough. For now, it's the Richard Scarry Word Book every night.BabyonBoredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988664515214410933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161283522210311332006-10-19T11:45:00.000-07:002006-10-19T11:45:00.000-07:00Archer used to do the same. (HATED BATHS) We haven...Archer used to do the same. (HATED BATHS) We haven't taken a bath in a while because showers are such a hit. Perhaps the water in his face? We started doing showers with him a few months ago. I would try and see. He hated it the first few times and then he loved it so, eh, who knows, right? :)GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161236474632439402006-10-18T22:41:00.000-07:002006-10-18T22:41:00.000-07:00"...one shaved leg and a pruned-ass." Ha!!So glad ..."...one shaved leg and a pruned-ass." Ha!!<BR/><BR/>So glad that Archer is reaching for books now! I'm sure the pruned ass is worth it.<BR/><BR/>Little Guy is starting to get more interesting in actually "reading" books instead of eating them too. But for some reason he only wants me to read to him from the Catholic Baby's First Bible. I'm like, dude, can't we at least read a little Mothergoose rhymes or something, but oh no, it's gotta be the children's bible. Every time.Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245436504933052526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161208649659082862006-10-18T14:57:00.000-07:002006-10-18T14:57:00.000-07:00My husband has cut me off from buying more childre...My husband has cut me off from buying more children's books because I am seriously addicted. <BR/><BR/>I love that my three year old has many memorized and can't wait for my little one to follow. Right now she only wants to eat them.<BR/><BR/>I sure Archer is choosing the shower to be his preferred reading location so that he swindle a big, boy bed.ms bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997925420763913039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161198599842989372006-10-18T12:09:00.000-07:002006-10-18T12:09:00.000-07:00I'm a book snob too.I have a post on poetry for ki...I'm a book snob too.<BR/><BR/>I have a post on poetry for kids coming soon!metro mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461160881873679783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161198196693132392006-10-18T12:03:00.000-07:002006-10-18T12:03:00.000-07:00I am a compulsive reader and my husband would rath...I am a compulsive reader and my husband would rather poke his eyes out than sit and read. With that said, my girls (2 & 3) both love to "read" books and look at the pictures, as well as be read to. I have always tried to provide them with lots of choices, but it seems that when they find a few they love, they stick with those and nothing else. I've probably read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 500 times and Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie jar is a huge favorite right now. Thank goodness that Tater (3) is in preschool now and brings home Scholastic book order forms. Hopefully they will find something new to fall in love with. I am fortunate, however, that I don't have to do "Mommy stole the cookie..." while naked in the tub! That could have a huge impact on my self confidence.Kaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04944181587587425003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161196157767670942006-10-18T11:29:00.000-07:002006-10-18T11:29:00.000-07:00So you're saying that there really is a need for m...So you're saying that there really is a need for my board book version of Itsy Bitsy UberMensch?Her Bad Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161194691877219662006-10-18T11:04:00.000-07:002006-10-18T11:04:00.000-07:00Give him time! He will eventually see your love o...Give him time! He will eventually see your love of books and be influenced by that. I remember reading somewhere that it's not so much the reading to our kids that influences them as readers, but seeing their parents reading and having books in the house ... ???<BR/><BR/>Rachel is now 6 1/2, and while she isn't actually reading chapter books, she loves to carry them around -- she loves the idea of them, so there is hope!<BR/><BR/>Jaelithe, I thought not reading until 6 or 7 years old was pretty much the norm? (I don't count celebrity children who say their kids have read the whole Harry Potter series by the age of 5!)PunditMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919969826505761593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161193332390341302006-10-18T10:42:00.000-07:002006-10-18T10:42:00.000-07:00I am SO out of the loop on current lit. Looks like...I am SO out of the loop on current lit. Looks like that may be a good thing. My bookshelves overfloweth anyways with books I've bought for that moment when I'll finally be able to read them. <BR/><BR/>But Murakami waits on the shelves while the Impling keeps me busy. Believe me, board books are their own little hell. If I have to read Sheep in a Jeep one more time...Namitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476552972162497517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161191646566733502006-10-18T10:14:00.000-07:002006-10-18T10:14:00.000-07:00Me, too, Rebecca. Me, too.Me, too, Rebecca. Me, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161187399730539132006-10-18T09:03:00.000-07:002006-10-18T09:03:00.000-07:00I'm with you on avoiding most of the chick-lit out...I'm with you on avoiding most of the chick-lit out there. The only fiction I tend to read now are the old classics. Give me a worn copy of Brave New World or Crime and Punishment over any of those pink fluffy books any day.<BR/><BR/>Although, your story of reading to Archer in the bath makes me wonder if my husband got his start reading that way, too? The man will grab a novel and take a long hot bath and finish half the novel before he comes out.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345875955750219033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161185772311709612006-10-18T08:36:00.000-07:002006-10-18T08:36:00.000-07:00Just found your blog, and had to read this whole l...Just found your blog, and had to read this whole long post - and I loved it, sooo funny! Thank you for sharing and good luck with the water proof library thing you've got goin over there! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161180205753095162006-10-18T07:03:00.000-07:002006-10-18T07:03:00.000-07:00I wanted to do a post like this for the longest ti...I wanted to do a post like this for the longest time where I pointed out that all the hullabaloo about reading to children who don't give a damn is so pointless and asinine but I was afraid that all the reading nazis who read to their children in the freakin womb would hunt me down and confiscate my entire library. kids will want to listen once they get to a certain age. that is all. and thank you.jdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138644775090861195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161180060211973452006-10-18T07:01:00.000-07:002006-10-18T07:01:00.000-07:00I am a reading machine. Love it.I won't buy chick...I am a reading machine. Love it.<BR/><BR/>I won't buy chick lit, but I'll borrow it. I have so much commuting time that sometimes, at the end of the day, I can't handle anything but "candy". There is something about the return home that is especially mind numbing...<BR/><BR/>I wanted to get my kids hooked on reading from an early age by reading to them until I got fed up with the tomfoolery between them. It was just getting them too riled up to sleep. <BR/><BR/>My son reads now, so is quite content to hunker down with a book and my daughter (learning to read) loves to pour over books and try to figure them out.<BR/><BR/>I think this is a learn by example thing. I'm always reading and they want to see what the fuss is about.JChevaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683339168047479228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161140587777875962006-10-17T20:03:00.000-07:002006-10-17T20:03:00.000-07:00I'm so glad you said you avoid pink books...I do t...I'm so glad you said you avoid pink books...I do that, too, but never admitted it. (I don't know why!)<BR/><BR/>I just love Archer's little quirks. Maybe it's because my oldest is so inherently quirky that I'm biased...but I think it's just that Archer is so obviously his own little person. I love that.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02667140531327670081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161140379351634512006-10-17T19:59:00.000-07:002006-10-17T19:59:00.000-07:00Tamoons are great toys. George loves em too. Tampo...Tamoons are great toys. George loves em too. Tampons and Q-tips, albiet Q tips are maybe a little less safe... um.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I have been instructed by King Aidan of Aidan world to inform you that thanks to your nudging, he's posted. <BR/><BR/>(Thanks for visiting his site)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161139104289023932006-10-17T19:38:00.000-07:002006-10-17T19:38:00.000-07:00My mother was an English professor (and I am using...My mother was an English professor (and I am using the past tense not because she died or anything, but because several years ago she ran away to live on a farm instead). My sister and I both started reading before the age of 3. Which she approved of and thought was only natural.<BR/><BR/>My brother, being one of those kids who could never sit still for longer than 30 seconds, didn't care for books at all as a small child, and didn't learn to read until he was six or seven.<BR/><BR/>Which made my mother cry.<BR/><BR/>But now he likes books just as much as the rest of us do, and is reading above his grade level. <BR/><BR/>Which just goes to show you, you can't judge a kid's future literary tastes by his babyhood interest in Goodnight Moon.Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161133497777994102006-10-17T18:04:00.000-07:002006-10-17T18:04:00.000-07:00I have two girls and the oldest(now 3 1/2) has alw...I have two girls and the oldest(now 3 1/2) has always loved books and being read to. She couldn't get enough. The younger one tried to eat every book we tried to read to her and now at 19 mo., will finally sit and be read to. The problem now is that when we get to a page she really likes she will NOT let you flip past it. Who thought kids that little could be so strong. Well, I figure it is progress at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161129120493491182006-10-17T16:52:00.000-07:002006-10-17T16:52:00.000-07:00I'm sure he'll appreciate reading more as he gets ...I'm sure he'll appreciate reading more as he gets older and being told a story means 5 more minutes before the lights are out at bedtime.<BR/><BR/>My mom read to my brother and I every night from when I was 5 until I was 10 and chose to read on my own instead. We went through the Little House series and everything Mark Twain wrote that was suitable for kids. <BR/><BR/>Both of us absolutely adore reading now, and my cousins (who got a similar treatment) are also all fanatical readers. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure he'll come around! I've heard of parents reading to their children as they play and apparently ignore them, but the kid still enjoys it.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161123039803138792006-10-17T15:10:00.000-07:002006-10-17T15:10:00.000-07:00Minnehaha- Ha!! Maybe you're right. It would only ...Minnehaha- Ha!! Maybe you're right. It would only make sense for him to prefer my reading the Yellow Pages to him. I mean his favorite toys ARE tampons and water bottles.<BR/><BR/>J- As far as kids books with some Sass, my favorite all-time kid's book is shown above in my post (If you're afraid of the dark, remember the night rainbow) by: Cooper Edens<BR/><BR/>Also the Griffin & Sabine Books by Nick Bantock are like adult/kids books, if you don't already own them.<BR/><BR/>Some of my other faves are:<BR/><BR/>Outside Over There: Maurice Sendack<BR/><BR/>Piggies & The Napping House: Audrey Wood<BR/><BR/>Ooooh and The King Who Rained & A Chocolate Moose for Dinner are fun if you like plays on words (by: Fred Gwynne)<BR/><BR/>Those were the onese that popped into my head. I'll keep thinking :)GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161122843475161932006-10-17T15:07:00.000-07:002006-10-17T15:07:00.000-07:00Seriously, mama, you have to post Hal's version of...Seriously, mama, you have to post Hal's version of "love you forever" - I hate that dang book for giving me one of the most gut-wrenching cries I've ever had-Ok, I was 6 weeks post partum with a baby in the NICU, but STILL!!!Chickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464391259920737902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161122729441619152006-10-17T15:05:00.000-07:002006-10-17T15:05:00.000-07:00One day when Tolby was about 8 months old, I read ...One day when Tolby was about 8 months old, I read her "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?" and she laughed hysterically. I was beside myself with glee. However, she has since eschewed all children's lit unless, as you mentioned, she's hungry. So I totally feel your pain. I am so going to try reading to her in the tub, though. Someone else actually suggested that when I was complaining about how Tolby won't be read to, believe it or not. Who knew? <BR/><BR/>Oh, and Domestic Chicky, I love your Dr. Seuss-inspired comment :)Binkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17161541480469324280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-1161122262783892102006-10-17T14:57:00.000-07:002006-10-17T14:57:00.000-07:00What I found with my boy is that as a baby he like...What I found with my boy is that as a baby he liked the boring word books much more than my beloved story books. Now that he's 4, he prefers an encylopedia. This makes me want to poke myself in the eye, but that's what the boy wants. I don't mean to generalize here, but there may be something about the male sex that prefers non-fiction. Try that.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801409209041280805noreply@blogger.com