Pete’s father starts kneading the dough. Next, some oil is generously applied. (Its really water.) And then some tomatoes. (They’re really checkers.) When the dough gets tickled, it laughs like crazy.
Rating: *****
A great book for inspiring imagination and play.
Suggested Activity: Make pizzas. Your child will have fun thinking of toppings and decorating the pizza.
Night owl Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and wriggling and bouncing and chattering. Lola never gets tired. How can big brother Charlie convince her it’s time for bed?
Rating: ****
This book was much better than I thought it was going to be. The illustrations are very detailed and cleaver. And the girl, Lola is not as bad as the title makes her seem, she just has a routine.
A boy sets out to sail his boat in a puddle and is joined by a frog, a turtle, an alligator, a pig, and an elephant.
Rating: ****
This is a great book for inspiring a child’s imagination. The protagonist is told not to get wet but the animals make sure he does. It also shows time and effect as the puddle changes with each animal encounter.