We're trying to introduce Josh to show tunes. For example, we've spent some time with a YouTube tribute to Jerry Herman.
Josh will sometimes half-watch the tunes, and he will even drum on his chest in a rhythmic way. Mostly, though, he enjoys chewing on the corner of a cell-phone case, or ripping pages out of pop-up books.
Our reading this week:
*"Fog Island." Can you think of a better story? A crazed old man on an island has drilled a hole to the center of the Earth. Our planet's molten core meets and vaporizes little drops of sea-water--and this is why we have fog.
*"A Swim." Lobel's masterpiece, about planning poorly and being mortified. Subversive and haunting moment for Frog and Toad.
*"Snow White in New York." Fun with the colorful images, but also with the poisoned Cosmo, the seven "jazz-men," the Queen of the Underworld, the "Daily Mirror" ......
We (cautiously) look forward to "The Octopus Escapes," coming this spring from Maile Meloy....
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