Duck At The Door was our “fun” book of the week. The cover illustration caught my eye at the library. Max the duck has decided that he doesn’t want to fly south for the winter. The book tells the story of what happens when Max knocks on Irene’s door. She already has quite the menagerie of pets and she lets Max stay. You’ll have to read the book to see how Max does with the rest of the animals. This book was pretty cute and there are a couple of other books in this series. I think we’ll check out Duck Soup next.
Tornado Boy had camp this past week and he really surprised me on the way in on Monday when he expressed some concerns about not knowing how to make a friend. This struck me as very odd since he’s a really outgoing kid with a pretty strong core group of friends, one of whom was also going to be at camp. I gave him some advice and took his concern to heart. A couple of our picks this week revolved around friendship. The best was the book How To Be A Friend. It’s part of the “Dino Life Guides” series of book and it’s illustrated by the same man who writes the “Arthur” books. This is a good book about friendship. It talks about how to make a friend, deal with conflict, shyness, deal with people in general and how not to be a friend in a kid-friendly manner. It touches on bullies and how to deal with them, too. This book has concrete suggestions and really handles the topic well.
Can I Play Too is also about friendship, but it’s a lot more playful than the other book. We love Mo Willems and we had read several of his books (Knuffle Bunny, Edwina the Dinosaur), but this is the first of the books featuring Elephant and Piggie that we had read. One of the things that I really liked about this book is how expressive it is. It’s simple, but very fun. Elephant and Piggie are getting ready to play catch when Snake appears and wants to play, too. It’s worth reading the book to see how they resolve the issue.
We read a couple of other Elephant & Piggie books as well. They’re cute and short and great for reading when you only have time for a quick story.
Tune in tomorrow to hear about the book Stars, Stars, Stars! 
You can find out what other preschoolers are reading this week over at Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns.
I love the Duck series of books, they’re so cute, and my kids love them too.
Ticia´s last [type] ..Preschool Corner: preschool on the go
We read the Duck at the Door a couple of weeks ago and loved it too. Anna found the story quite entertaining. I have to look for the second book on your list – Anna also struggles a bit in her new classroom because of new teachers and a different set of kids. In general, she is outgoing with adults, but doesn’t seem to be too interested in making friends with her agemates. Obviously, it worries me a bit, and we had many discussions and book readings about it. Maybe this one will hit the spot we haven’t hit yet.
sunnyvale422´s last [type] ..What My Child Is Reading – June 26- 2010
It’s always nice to be able to find books dealing with subjects the kids are concerned about!
Almost Unschoolers´s last [type] ..What My Child is Reading – June 26- 2010