A Turkey for Thanksgiving

Working full time and having two young children has slowed down my blogging! Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and Ivy has begun her holiday reading. We discovered Eve Bunting's A Turkey for Thanksgiving. Mr. and Mrs. Moose are having a grand Thanksgiving dinner, but they do not have a turkey. Mr. Moose asks all of his friends if they have seen a turkey. Spoiler Alert: When the turkey is finally found, the reader discovers that they want the turkey at the table - not on it. Ivy loved the pictures and found the ending amusing. A must read!

Little Bear's Little Boat

I actually got Eve Bunting's Little Bear's Little Boat for my infant son. Surprisingly, Ivy has wanted to read it every night for one week. She "reads" it to herself every morning. Perhaps she understands the deeper message behind this simple story? This is a tale of growing pains. Little bear spends his days fishing and dreaming in his little boat until he finds himself too big for the boat. Confronted with this new reality, he heeds some advice and decides to give his boat to another little bear with the caveat that that little bear give it to another little bear when he outgrows the boat. He does not, however, abandon his love of boats...