Kid Reading: A Book

 
A Book by Mordicai Gerstein was on my list of summer reading and I saw it at the library so I scooped it up.  We read it while we were at the library and it was an interesting read.  It is one of those books that would be good to read over and over to your child because as they get older, they can probably pick out different things in the story. Some books are only entertaining to read once or interesting for a certain age group but this would be a good one to add to the collection. 

In the book, there is a family who is in the book.  Seem confusing?  Well, when the book is closed, it is nighttime and the family is sleeping.  When the book is open and being read, they get to do fun and interesting things.  The brother decides to be an astronaut and the sister spends the book checking out different stories because she doesn't know what her story should be.  At the end, the sister decides that her story is the fun family story.

It is an interesting book to read and then write a book.  We were going to be writing a book (based on the Press Here book) so I thought it was the perfect time to put in such a great idea.  I am not sure that he was totally into the book or that he totally understood what was going on but I talked with him about making a book like the sister was trying to do and he said yes.  Here is the book that he made (in case you can't tell the cover says Press Green):

I hope that you check out this book at your local library or bookstore.  It is a great way to introduce a different type of picture book with a great opportunity to make your own book too!!