What We're Reading: Brenda

The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas & Grandpas! by Sally Lloyd-Jones with Illustrations by Michael Emberley and Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy with illustrations by Polly Dunbar

Both of these book are just plain fun and will make you laugh out loud while reading them!

The Ultimate Guide to Grandmas & Grandpas is a sweet, funny book that both children and adults will love to read over and over again. It is full of advice for young children on how to take care of their grandparents and make them feel loved. For instance, you need to hold their hand when they cross the street, take naps with them so they're not the only ones, and play games with them and sometimes let them win. Most importantly, you need to kiss, hug and love them since that's what they like best! The illustrations are of all different types of animals and will make you laugh and smile. A wonderful book that I plan on buying for my children and their grandparents!

Bubble Trouble is the story of young Mabel who blew a bubble which swallows up her baby brother and carries him away through the village. Mabel, her mother and the townspeople follow in hot pursuit trying to find a way to bring the baby down. Of course the story has a happy ending with the baby being rescued but the real fun here is the text. This book is a challenge to read aloud as it is a real tongue-twister! The action moves along at a breathless pace and it will have you and whatever youngsters you are reading it to giggling out loud at the wonderful rhymes! It does get easier to read the more times you go through it and you will definitely want to read it over and over again. The text wobbles and floats across the pages just like the bubble and the illustrations are so colorful and cheery. I loved reading this book out loud to my daughter - it is excellent fun!