Mr E and Mr K have gotten on a bit of a nonfiction kick again. Besides the usual books about Star Wars and super heroes, the boys’ library basket is filled with books about jets, rockets, weapons, motorcycles, sharks, bones and soldiers. So, I thought I would share a few recent favorites:
Dem Bones: I picked this one out for a BFSU science lesson on the human skeleton, but the boys added it to their basket and asked for it many times. This is a cute combination of the song “Dem Bones” (The one that goes, “The toe bone connects to the foot bone…” and so on) and facts about various bones in our bodies. We all liked the fun skeleton illustrations. I think one of the reasons that the boys liked this book so much is hearing me sing the song. Even Baby J would stop nursing and look up to watch me sing when I read this book. 🙂
Weapons of War: We picked this one out due to Mr. E’s sudden interest in the history of weapons. It is a really cool book. Even Tony and I were fascinated with it. This book has a two page spread for each of a variety of historical weapons (like spears, cross bows and early guns). There’s a lot of text on each page, so a typical five year old might get bored, but Mr. E (who turns five this coming Sunday!) would listen to all the text on a couple different weapons in a sitting.
If I Were an Astronaut: This is a nice preschool level book that Mr. K asked me to read several times. A lot of books in the children’s non-fiction section still have way too many words for Mr. K’s attention span. This was one of the few in our library’s section on space/astronauts that was a good fit for him. I also liked the fact that this book doesn’t dwell on the now-outdated space shuttle.
You Wouldn’t Want to be an Assyrian Soldier: I’m not sure what age group the “You wouldn’t Want to…” series is really aimed at, but my guess is that most fans are older than five. 🙂 Mr E loved this book, asking for it many nights in a row at bedtime, and giggling all the way at how awful army duty might be for an Assyrian (until Tony finally told him he had to pick something else because he had picked it too many times in a row). Mr E was thrilled to learn that not only are there more books in this series, but that several of them are about soldiers. We grabbed three more titles in the series this week at the library!
Miss M and I are still enjoying Adam of the Road as our bedtime read-aloud. We are moving through it at a pretty good clip (two nights in a row we got carried away and read 4 chapters each night!).
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