Monkeyfish: Stretch of Road

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Tad Hills: Duck and Goose
Obviously people don't want to share, they have to learn to share. The distinction is what keeps this book from sticky sweetness. The illustrations are simple and engaging, and it's funny enough to keep a parent from rotating it to the high shelf. (****)
James Marshall: George and Martha
This is the most charming children's book I've read in a long time. Actually, it's a compilation, and it has a great format: short stories in groups of five, so at bedtime you can read as much or as little as you like. (*****)

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Stretch of Road

We were driving in highway gridlock, everyone in a bad mood, and Monkeyfish was asking, at fifteen second intervals: "Why are we going so slow?" "Why are we going so slow?" "Why are we going so slow?"

We answered, "We don't know." "We don't know." "We don't KNOW!" Until I finally, and firmly, called Quiet Time.

After a perfectly-timed delay—just long enough to make us believe that the topic was really closed—we heard her speak quietly from the back seat: "Maybe there's gum in the road."

August 14, 2006 in Funny, Monkey Say | Permalink