I’ve been reading the Magic Treehouse books to the girls.  We’ve finished the first…quartet?  What’s the right term?  Anyway, I’m a little neurotic and decided we have to read them in order.  (We do while I’m the one doing the reading, anyway.)  As a librarian I read a lot of covers and book jackets, so I already knew who the “M-person” was.  But I’m not really interested in reading a book that talks about her, and then going back and reading one that’s like, hmm, I wonder who this could be?  So sequence matters.

Mummies in the Morning won for cutest misinterpretation of a title.  Before we read it, Rhys told my mom, “It’s called ‘Mothers in the Morning.’”  The cover had a picture of a pyramid and a cat on it, but apparently they didn’t provide enough context cues.  For story, I think Pirates Past Noon was the winner.  I could go the rest of my life never saying the word “lubbers” aloud again, but there was just enough excitement and suspense to keep them glued to the page, so to speak.

Small milestone:  Geraldine got to bring home her first school library book this week.  When I picked her up she told me it was in her bag, but that it was “a secret.”  I tried to get her to reveal some details, 20-questions style, but couldn’t guess it.  It ended up being The Gingerbread Boy, illustrated by Scott Cook.  I can’t comment on his version, because Geraldine read it to Rhys when I wasn’t in the room, and I haven’t looked at it myself.  We’ve got it until next Tuesday, though.

What My Children Are Reading This Week is over at the Well-Read Child today.

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