The big one is eight. She is a good reader and would carry a book around with her nearly all the time, if I allowed it. I am deemed a pretty mean mom because I yell "WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" every time she runs up to retrieve a book, after putting on her shoes. THOSE STAIRS WERE JUST PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED! Currently she is being read, one of the Harry Potter books by the dad. I don't know which one, because I don't like Harry Potter and refuse to hear even one paragraph of the scaryness. I make them go in a room where I am not and each time I walk by, the dad says something loud about "elves".
She has read the first two Nancy Drew books, but thinks the third one is boring. Great. For some really strange reason, every time I went to the bookstore, any bookstore, about a month ago, the third Nancy Drew book was not on the shelf. It is something about a Bungalow. I was starting to wonder if it had been banned, or pulled from the shelves. Why was #3 the only one missing? So I ordered it. She doesn't like it.
I've had mixed luck getting her books that I loved when I was growing up. How could she not love Betsy, Tacy and Tib? Once they went over the big hill, she lost interest. Yesterday I got her Ballet Shoes.
I am quite excited. I loved those books too. Although look at the cover. That's not exactly how I pictured Pauline, Petrova and Posy. Is that a tank top?
OOH-ooh, those are the ones mentioned in You've Got Mail!
Posted by: Susie | October 01, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Susie, I know! I was trying to tell the big one that. There's this movie....
Posted by: sheppard girl | October 02, 2007 at 12:30 PM