Heidi

Heidi
by Johanna Spyri
Great Illustrated Classics series

{Eddy's baby sister is named Heidi so he couldn't wait to read this book.}

Once there was a girl named Heidi. She had an uncle. Heidi's mom took her to Uncle Alp. Heidi had a great time there. One day Heidi had to leave. When Heidi got to her new home she made a friend. Her name was Clara. Heidi had a good time. One time everyone thought the house was haunted because Sebastian found a door open and saw a white figure on the stairs. The next day they found out Heidi was sleepwalking! Heidi had to go back after that but Clara came to Heidi's house! Clara learned to walk at their house. Everyone was so happy!

The End?

Essay by Eddy

7 yrs old

During Thanksgiving break we borrowed two versions of Heidi from the library. Sounds crazy but I love the Shirley Temple version and wanted to see the version with Jane Seymour as the housekeeper for Clara's family. It was fun to watch the movies and look for differences between them and the book.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh
by A.A. Milne
Illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard
Colored by Hilda Scott
161 pages

1. One time Pooh went to visit rabbit. Pooh ate one jar of honey and then decided to leave. When Pooh tried to leave he could not go through the hole because he was too wide. Pooh had to stay there for a week and then finally got out.

2. One time Pooh was going around a circle. Pooh was trying to catch a woozle. Finally Pooh realized he was following his own tracks.


3. One time Eeyore lost his tail and Pool knew that. Pooh went to Owl's house and saw a tail. Pooh took the tail back to Eeyore and put it back on.

4. One time Piglet wanted to catch a heffulump. Piglet made a big hole to capture one. Piglet caught Pooh instead.

5. One time Eeyore had a birthday. Pooh and Piglet brought him each a present. That was Eeyore's best time in his life.

6. One time Rabbit stole Roo. Kanga pretended that Piglet was Roo. Kanga tricked Pooh, Rabbit, and Piglet.

7. One time Pooh was going on an expedition to find the North Pole. Pooh went a very long way and finally got to a pond. Pooh thought the pole was the North Pole so Pooh went home.

8. One time Piglet got trapped in a big rainstorm. Pooh rescued Piglet.

9. One time The Hundred Acre Wood had a big party because Pooh saved Piglet.

Essay by Eddy
7 yrs old

Mrs. Piggle -Wiggle

I was introduced to Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle on a friend's blog. She and her children enjoyed the books so I thought Eddy would enjoy them as well. He has! We read them together and laugh and laugh--even got Daddy to listen in one night! In fact I'm not sure we ever finished that story. . .it was a very long one. . .way too long for a bedtime story. . .so we stopped and for whatever reason didn't get back to it the next night. . .oh, I know. . .daddy wasn't there and we were waiting for him to hear the end with us. . .

Anyway, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is an adorable older lady who loves kids. She has an upside down house, loves for the girls to play dress-up in her clothes & heels, has tons of holes in her yard from children digging for buried treasure, has long hair so the girls can style it, bakes with and for the children, lets them paint and build things--basically, the kids have a grand old time at her house.

The mothers in town love Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle too. When their children get naughty habits, they call Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and she sends a bottle of this or that with special instructions and pretty soon the naughtiness ends. It is very fun to read about the naughtiness (;-)~) and cures! Eddy wants to try some here at home but he knows that won't happen! Fun to read about, not so fun to live through;-)

Some of our favorite stories have been The Never Go To Bedders Cure, The Fraidy-Cat Cure, The Interrupters, The Never-Want-to-Go-to-Schooler, The Tattletale Cure and many, many others!

We like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle!