Fostering a love of reading
I do love a book that inspires a bit of Art. Bud & Roo’s Spectacular Adventure is about two doggies who dig up treasures and sniff their way to where it has come from. The Author, Jessica Valentine wanted to create a book that her 5 year old could read on her own from front to back and feel good about reading a whole book on her own and she’s done just that. Madame who is also 5 and has just started reading can read it from front to back and was also inspired to do this picture based on the Artwork. Isn’t it brilliant?
Kill me now!
Just the other night, I was having a right moan about how painfully dull, the reading scheme books are from school and quite a few parents came back in agreement. I particularly felt for those parents with several children and have been subjected to the same books year after year after year.
So, who’s up for the challenge?
This is not a reflection on our school, this tends to be across the board. I do appreciate they’re a necessary evil and her readings coming along nicely, but someone somewhere must be able to write a better scheme than what’s on offer. I wonder if Jessica’s up for the challenge?
Luckily, we have a huge collection of books at home to supplement what comes home and still manage to foster a love of reading. Again, I must emphasize, this is not a dig at our school.
I’m looking forward to seeing what Bud & Roo get up to next.
Do you have any other books that you’d recommend for this age group?
Disclosure: We received a copy of this book for review purposes.
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