One blessed day in my eighth grade drama class Ms. Morrel asked us to give a dramatization of any picture book we wanted. I embraced this assignment with a devotion approaching religious fervor, and I anticipated that my performance of The Princess and the Potty would remain the greatest dramatic reading of all time. And then, sadly, my talent remained in obscurity for twenty years.
Fortunately, bringing two children into the world allowed me to fulfill my hitherto secret lifelong ambition of becoming a universally beloved picture book performer. Of course my wee babies love to read together, but I’ll admit I am not “universally” beloved because, as you would expect, my husband is intimidated by my truly overwhelming gifts.
All this is to say: these are books that I love reading because I love animated narration.
Favorite books to read with Zoe - 15 months
- Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- Cat by Matthew Van Fleet
- Planes Go by Steve Light
- The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean
Favorite books to read with Jack - just turned 3
- I Will Not Eat You by Adam Lehraupt
- Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin (the cows are southern, the duck is French)
- Everybody Sleeps (But Not Fred) by Josh Snider (All British)
- And The Cars Go (fun accents in this one too, plus there are fifteen snails hidden throughout the book)
please please share your favorites. we are never not checking out books from the library.
b perry
OMG soulmates. I love dramatic readings too!!! I want to be a librarian so I can do storytime. Haha. I've been living One Fish, Two Fish because you can basically make up a different voice on every page. Fancy Nancy books are fun. Anything Elephant&Piggie (or Mo Willems in general)! My MIL sent us this book called "The Day My Runny Nose Ran Away", and it's especially fun because you can narrate the whole thing with a stuffy-nose voice (since you know, the kid/narrator doesn't have a nose) and there is a pirate and an old man and a snooty nose (with a theatrical English accent of course). SO MUCH FUN.
ReplyDeleteOne of Isaac's favorites is "Luke Goes to Bat" by Rachel Isadora, and I always think of your Black History theme when I read it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we love all things Elephant and Piggie at our house.