Big Book Of My World Review

We received Big Book of My World by Kall Stileman from TigerTales to review. Selena and I have been talking for sometime that we need to make a question box for the numerous number of questions that she can ask in one day. As I thumbed through this book I thought it would be fun to give us some inspiration to create that box, since this book is compiled of all questions.

As we sat down to read the book, Selena was quick to listen to the questions and go right to work to find the different objects in the pictures. I kept reading until she was beginning to lose the interest. This is not to say that she didn’t like the book, but it is a book of 48 pages all pretty much the same thing. I would recommend if you read this book with your child, especially a younger child that you use the table of contents and do one section at a time.

I appreciated the fact that the book is broke down into such neat sections, covering a range of ideas that any young child would enjoy. The recommended age is 3 years to 7 years, which I would say is about right, but keep in mind there are things in the book that a 3 year old may not understand and things that a 7 year old might find too repetitive or immature. I really see this as a strong book that could grow with your child should you purchase it when your child is younger. However, with an almost 6 year old, I found quite a bit of the book to be too young for her.

Over all Selena was not that impressed with the book, I consider this to be in part to her age, and abilities, I do feel a younger child would appreciate the book and enjoy learning through the sections. This book retails for $14.99 at Amazon, but right now it is on sale for $11.66.

We moved on to make our question box. I had a large plastic Margarine container. I asked Selena what she thought she could do with it. She chose to help me wrap it in purple construction paper then proceeded to decorate it.

Of course when it was finished Selena had to put some questions in it, after all it is a question box. Her questions consisted of, “How does a radio work?” and “Why does the earth spin?”

Selena was very proud of her question box, and throughout the rest of the day asked to add more questions to it. Every time I asked her what question she wanted to put in, she didn’t have one, but she did say “We will fill it up soon Grandma!”

What My Child Is Reading Tiger Tales

Selena just continues to thrive in her reading. She seems to have a book in her hands all the time, or a stack just within reach. She has her books she stashes in her bedroom for night time reading, and is often caught swapping those out for new ones. She has all the books on her shelf in the living room, and you better believe she always has books on the coffee table and a few on the dining room table. I have a hard time keeping up with all the books she is reading, except when we have our daily and evening family reading time.

Don’t Worry Doughlas! by David Melling is one of the books that came in our box from Tiger Tales. This is a cute story about a bear who worries about how he will tell his Dad that his new hat got ruined. Selena enjoyed all the twists and turns as he turned to all the other animals for help. She also laughed when a bird tried to use the yarn for her nest and it wouldn’t fit. This has become a book that Selena enjoys reading with Papa or myself many times this past week. Like all the other Douglas books we have read this one has been a hit as well.

The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachael Morimer illustrated by Liz Pichon is a cute twist on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Selena thought it was cute how the mother goat solved the problem for everyone, the troll and the goats, to quiet the goats crossing across the bridge. Selena at first didn’t know what to think of the Troll, until she realized that he really wasn’t as mean as he seemed to be. “He is just grouchy, like I get sometimes,” she announced after we had read the book a couple times this week. This book has joined her “My read alone stack” so I guess it is fairly easy to say it was a hit.

LimelightLarry by Larry Hodgkinson is a very interesting twist to a story about a peacock who allows his own pride to stand in the way of having fun with his friends. It isn’t until he chases all the friends away from his story, since the entire book is truly suppose to be about him, that he realizes that being in the limelight isn’t all it’s cut out to be. Selena said she liked the story but it has ended up in the pile that is hardly read. I don’t think she really enjoyed how busy the book seemed to be. I have to admit it was a little hard to read especially when some of the comments were in such small print. I think both Selena and I agreed that we did not enjoy this book as much as we had hoped. She did however enjoy the artwork of the peacock with his tail all spread out, and I agree that page was pretty cool, especially with the foil in the feathers.

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