Of course, we all know that no one owns the sun. It was placed there for all of us to use and enjoy, and it is controlled by gravitational pull and physics. But once there was a mouse who thought differently. He believed that the sun belonged to him! Every morning he would tell it to rise, and sure enough, not too long after that, it rose. Every night he told it to set, and it did. He thought himself a very important mouse with a very important job. He was so important, in fact, that he never left home. … Continue reading →

“I Am the King” is the story of Little Louis, a brown bunny with a very loving mommy. One day his mommy gave him a crown, and as she put it on his head she said, “For my little king!” Well, I’m afraid he took that seemingly harmless statement of maternal affection just a wee bit too far. With his nose stuck up in the air, Little Louis strode off to examine the state of his kingdom. To all the dragons under his bed and monsters outside the window, he proudly proclaimed, “I am the king!” To which they all … Continue reading →

We had some late-season white fluffy stuff fall on our lawn this morning, and so in honor of the day, I thought I’d share with you two more cute children’s books about snow. The first is “A Really Good Snowman” by Daniel J. Mahoney. Jack is having some issues with his little sister Nancy. She likes to be helpful, but her helpfulness is most often destructive. He’s been working really hard on a model airplane, and when Nancy comes in the room, she wants to help him with it. Picturing it as totally destroyed, he tells her that he’s going … Continue reading →

King Bidgood has been in the bathtub for a very long time, and no one can get him out. The page calls for help and tells the people of the court that he needs suggestions. The first to give it a try is the Knight, who calls out to the king and tells him it’s time to go to battle. But instead, the king invites the knight into the tub, and they battle there, with tiny battleships and armed guards standing on the edge of the tub. The page pours in more water. Next to try to lure the king … Continue reading →

“Russell’s Secret” by Johanna Hurwitz tells us the story of a little boy who doesn’t want to go to school. His little sister Elisa gets to stay home, and he wants to be a baby too. His mother says that’s just fine with her, and Russell thinks he’s gotten away with something fantastic until she points out that if he wants to be a baby, he has to take everything that goes along with it. That includes mush for breakfast, no TV, definitely no Legos (he might swallow them) and he has to sit in the playpen with the baby! … Continue reading →