January's Kids Picks

It's been a long time since I have joined the folks over at 5minutesforbooks for a link up. I have missed them though. And I hate that I can't look back on them and see what books have been favorites to my kids. I love to read and I seem to be passing that love on to my kids. Sean and Mickey can sit for HOURS and listen to books. Sean reads every night before bed. Some nights I catch him up REALLY late reading because he got so into a book he couldn't put it down. Deanna likes to be read to - she doesn't really care what it is. She has books she likes to look at. Kenzie does not seem to have the attention span to listen to books. Which is sad. And feels like just one more way that she does not connect. Sigh!

So, what are their current favorites? Sean got a nook Simple Touch for Christmas and so he has been doing his reading on that lately. He only has a handful of books on there so far. But he did get the newest Magic Treehouse book - Abe Lincoln at Last! - on it. It was so cool because we preordered it and all we had to do was download it to the device and we had it the day it came out. I never make it to the store to do that. And he was so excited that he got the book THE DAY IT CAME OUT! :) 

Mickey received the book Tap-Dance Fever for Christmas. She loves this book because it is a non-ballet dance book. She loves dancing and she loves dancing books. However, the only ones they ever have at the book store are ballet books. Even at dancing school all the books are ballet books. And she likes ballet but she likes tap dancing better. So, this book is perfect for her. 

Deanna likes just about anything. Even newspaper or magazine articles. She does not seem to care what you read to her. One of my favorites for this age is Hey! Wake Up! I actually love pretty much everything Saundra Boynton does. I love all of her books. They are cute and fun. The pictures seem to interest all of the kids.