May 11, 2010 @ 8:07 pm | Filed under: books
Thank you for writing (and drawing) books I truly do not mind reading half a dozen times a day—
seven days a week—
for weeks on end.
Thank you for the giggles, the belly laughs, the delighted shrieks when Rilla spots the pigeon in the endpapers of a Gerald-and-Piggie book.
Thank you for the new words Wonderboy has learned to read this week.
Thank you for the great discussion my eleven-year-old and I had about the subtle, deceptively simple ways you convey the Pigeon’s emotions with the slant of an eyelid or the tilt of his beak.
Thanks for adding “she went boneless” to our family lexicon.
Just…thanks.
(And please keep ‘em coming.)
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My twins LOVE those books. We usually come home with at least one of them every time we go to the library. They were the first books they read just for the sheer enjoyment of reading.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 at 5:54 amI agree. He is a fabulous writer and my eight year old still regularly reads his books.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 at 8:19 am“Aggle flaggle kablabble!” Love that Trixie. I need to put the pigeon books on our list to check out. Thanks for the reminder.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 at 6:25 pmMy 4yo and I are going to see Knuffle Bunny the Musical at the Kennedy Center tomorrow! We can’t wait!
Posted on May 12th, 2010 at 7:30 pmEvery time I see that Mo has a new book, I thank him in my head. You know why.
Posted on May 14th, 2010 at 9:37 amPicture Book Spotlight: My Name Is Elizabeth — Here in the Bonny Glen says:
[...] haven’t road-tested this one on my boys yet. Wonderboy’s an Elephant-and-Piggie man all the way, and Huck, well, he’s still busy counting the trucks and trains in The Little [...]
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