Book Reading: Old Hat, New Hat

by Stan & Jan Berenstain.

Vania's comment: New ones are not always better than old ones.

Book Reading: A Children's Book About ... [7 books for HEPL ME BE GOOD]

by Joy Berry. These seven books are: being bossy, being lazy, cheating, lying, overdoing, showing off, and throwing tantrums.

Vania's comment: These are thing I should not do.

Dad's comment: especially not being lazy! and Me too.

Book Reading: Cactus Hotel

written by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Megan Lloyd.

Vania's comment: this book is about the life of a cactus. My teacher has read this book in class.

Book Reading: A Children's Book About Stealing (help Me Be Good)

by Joy Berry.

Vania's comment: I will never steal.

Booke Reading: Dr. Seuss's ABC

by Dr. Seuss.

Vania's comment: This is a book about ABC.

Book Reading: Miss Polly's Animal School

Story by Mary Elting, pictures by Lisl Well.

Vania's comment: This book is about TV show and animal school. The part I love the best is the last page when everybody clapped for Biff.

Book Reading: The Brambleberry's Animal Book of Colors

by Marianna Mayer and Gerald McDermott.

Vania's comment: Colors are splendid.

Dad's comment: This book is very colorful. The pictures are very good. A vintage book of learning colors.

Book Reading: Hooper Humperdink..." NOT HIM!

by Theo LeSieg (Dr. Seuss), illustrated by Charles E. Martin.

Vania's comment: We can invite everybody coming to a big party.

Dad's words: This is a wonderful book that teaches children how to read names.

Book Reading: Noah's Ark

Illustrated by Peter Spier. A Caldecott Medal book.

Vania's comment: Noah built an ark. He let all the animals in and saved them from the flood. Few people obeyed God. I like the rainbow when the flood was over because it is built by God.

Dad's comment: The illustration of this book is fantastic.

Book Reading: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle.

Vania's comment: I like this book. The part I like the best is when the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly.

Mom's comment: I like this part the best too.

Dad's comment: What I like the best is at the Saturday, when the caterpillar ate too much and got stomachache. (Everybody laughed.)

Final assessment: This is an amazing book. It is breathtaking. In my opinion, every child should have one copy of this book. The Joyfulness of reading can be inherited.

Book Reading: Berenstain's A Book

by Stan & Jan Berenstain.

Vania's comment: This book is about As. Such as Alice's airplane, ape, alligator, ant, angry, advance, acorn, apricot, apple, apartment, Arizona, angleworm, anteater, anthill, anthole.

Book reading: Green eggs and Ham

by Dr. Seuss

Vania's comment: you should try anything. Some food you don't like, some food you do like. I tried green eggs and ham, but I don't like them.

Book reading: Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak.

Vania's comment: My favorite is that at the end of the story Max returned back home and his supper was hot and still waiting for him. The story is about a place where all wild things are. I learned that don't be wild.

Mom said: yes. Otherwise you could become a monster.

Book reading: A Tree is Nice

Written by Janice May Udry and illustrated by Marc Simont.

Vania's comment: I like the last page when everyone goes back home to plan their tree. This is a book about trees and it says a tree is nice.

Book Reading: Ten, Nine, Eight

Written by Molly Bang. A Caldecott Honor book.

Vania's comment: What I like the best is the last page when ONE big girl is ready for bed.

Book Reading: The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!

Written by Mo Willems.

Vania's comment: I like the little duckling. The little duckling is very smart. And I tell you a secret---the little duckling has eaten hot dog before!

Book Reading: Marvin K. Mooney, will you please go now!

Written by Dr. Seuss.

Vania's comment: Another rhymed book. I like rhymed books. I like the robot car (Crunk-Car, dad's comment) in the book.

Book Reading: A New Dress for Maya

Written by Malorie Blackman, illustrated by Rhian Nest James.

Vania's comment: The part I like the best is when they blew out the candles. Don't cry when Mamma made you a dress, this is the lesson I learned by this book.

Book Reading: My First Story of Easter

Bible story. Written by Tim Dowley, illustrated by Roger Langton.

Vania's comment: The part I like best is that Jesus is alive again. I like Easter. Never kill people and never decide to kill people.

Book Reading: In The Beginning

Bible story, based on Genesis 1:1-27. Retold by Mary Quattlebaum, illustrated by Bryn Barnard.

Vania's comment: I like the last page when everything was done.