Hello, blog world!  I’m Brynn, I’m eight months old, and this is my first book blog.  Woo!

In the past few weeks, I’ve really begun to understand why books are better read than chewed.  I’ll actually read several books in a row now, and I definitely have favorites.  You know, the ones that I nearly fall off of Mama’s lap lunging for?  The ones that I refuse to release after reading?  The ones that I know lines from already and look intently at the person reciting them?  These are my current favorites:

  Barnyard Dance! (Boynton on Board) by Sandra Boynton: “Stomp your feet!  Clap your hands! Everybody ready for a barnyard dance!”  I LOVE this here book!  Mama gets her legs movin’ up and down, her feet swingin’ in circles, and her mouth makin’ the funniest darn animal noises, all while I’m balanced precariously on her lap.  It’s just a tad bit alarmin’, but I’ve learned to enjoy it.  A lot.  Catchy rhyme and rhythm are the best things about this book.

  Peekaboo Dress Up (Touch-And-Feel Action Flap Book):  Mama is usually not a huge fan of gimmicky books, but I certainly am.  This books has things to touch, too, but my favorite part of the book is the peekaboo flaps.  Mama reads, “Where has the baby gone?  Is she behind the jungle cushion?” and then she sloooooowly lifts the flap, building anticipation to a fever pitch as I lean forward…and forward…and forward until she grabs me to keep me from toppling over.  Every page is like that.  And the babies in their costumes are SO cute!  Well, maybe not quite as cute as me…

   My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss: Mama thinks that this book is really well done, but I think this book is just plain fun!  It’s all about moods and colors and how everyone has good and bad days.  The art is both beautiful and beautifully wedded to the text.  My favorite color is yellow: “Then comes a yellow day and weeeeeeeeee I’m a busy, buzzy bee!”  I also have a lot of fun wacking the page when it says, “Then comes a mixed up day and WHAM! I don’t know who or what I am!”  It’s great!

   Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin and James Dean:  This book is probably too old for me, but I don’t care.  I love that CAT!  He’s blue, for goodness sake!  That’s crazy!  I especially love trying to pet his curly tail and trying to grab the yellow bird that appears on most pages.  For a book about colors, it’s pretty fantastic.  Plus, it has a nice life lesson at the end: “No matter what you step in, keep walking along and singing your song…because it’s all good!”

   Pajama Time! (Boynton on Board) by Sandra Boynton:  “Pajammy to the left.  Pajammy to the right.  Jamma jamma jamma jamma P! J!”  The alpha and omega of this post: the forever amazing Sandra Boynton.  There are some colors and qualities (fuzzy vs. not) thrown into this book to lend it some substance, but really, it’s mostly about the rhyme and rhythm.  Catchy, catchy!  Mama and I dance our way through this book every other night.  Definitely makes going to sleep a lot of fun!

Writing this post was pretty cool!  I hope you enjoyed reading my debut, and I can’t wait to get going on the next one!

Happy Reading!

–Brynn (blog co-author, age 8 months)

Clicking on the book will take you to Amazon.com, and if you decide to buy the book, a portion of your purchase comes back to me.  I, in turn, will use the profits to purchase books for our local library or for a children’s literacy project.