Today we watched Night at the Museum, and the movie sparked a lot of conversation about what really goes on at night and what our imaginations can dream up. Thus inspired, I walked through the nursery to refresh this week’s book basket. Here’s what I pulled out:
The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett
Pigsty by Mark Teague - This is a wonderful book in which a young boy’s room is so messy, it’s a pigsty… and pigs move in! They play Monopoly with Wendell and read his comics and make the room more and more of a mess, and the whole time Wendell’s mother doesn’t realize what’s going on.
Ship of Dreams by Dean Morrissey - This book has lush oil illustrations and tells of a little boy who winds up going for a ride on the Sandman’s Ship of Dreams during the night.
Uncle Lester’s Hat by Howie Schneider - A little boy is telling the reader all about his adventurous Uncle Lester and his boring Uncle Wilfred. The illustrations tell another story, though, as Uncle Wilfred loses Uncle Lester’s hat in a breeze and travels around the world trying to get it back!
Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland - Miss Smith has an book that brings the characters to life right inside her classroom.
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