Dom and I love to read together.  Rather, I read while he flips the pages so quickly that I can’t keep up.  Same difference.

We check anywhere from 5 – 15 children’s books out of the library each week.  We also have an extensive children’s collection on our own bookshelves.  There are some books that Dom and I love so much that I want to share them with other parents.  So I figure that I’ll do that once a week or so.  Here is this week’s book corner…

Anything by Dr. Seuss

Yes, I am lumping them all together.  We could have a lively debate on the merits of individual Dr. Seuss books, but it would be kind of one-sided, since I am the writer.  Feel free to yell out your favorites to your computer screen, though. 

Honestly, I couldn’t choose just one Dr. Seuss book, so I chose them all.  They are all so full of rollicking rhythms and fantastic landscapes that I can’t pick a favorite.  Rereading them as an adult has made me fall even more in love with the stories, as the simplistic messages ring ever more true to my life today.

Perhaps my favorite part of reading to Dom is experiencing again books that I loved as a child.  Not only do I view the books from an adult perspective now, but I am also able to see the wonder in Dom’s eyes when he hears a story for the first time.

Did I giggle that way the first time I heard the silly rhymes in Green Eggs and Ham?  Like Dom, did I worry that Horton would accidentally crush that precious egg?  Did I repeat my favorite parts of One Fish, Two Fish to everyone I met for the rest of the day?  I must have - Dom is so like me at his age (according to my mother, who often gets her children confused and yells every wrong name before finding the right one…). 

All I know is that my boy lights up when we pull a Dr. Seuss book off of the shelf to read.  He grabs Elmo and jumps onto the sofa, leaning against me as I read the story.  There aren’t many things for which Dom will sit still these days.  Dr. Seuss is one of the few.