One of our readers, Kayte, from Dallas, Texas, left a beautiful comment on a post we did earlier this month on Albert by Donna Jo Napoli and illustrated by Jim LaMarche. She wrote:
I love your blog and have been following for a long time. As I do often with recommended titles, I checked Albert out from the library. My daughter (3.5 years old) ADORES this story and asks for me to read it over and over (and over). We finally returned it to the library and I was overjoyed to find it used at a local shop. My daughter has been walking around with a straw nest filled with wooden eggs and a felt cardinal for three days. Thank you so much for giving us Albert!
We always love hearing from our readers and especially when they get some joy from books we mention! I wrote to Kayte and asked if she would be willing to share a photo of the straw nest, wooden eggs and felt cardinal… And here is what she sent us -
Isn’t it beautiful? What an incredible interpretation of a book – and so lovely to think of it being carried into real life in this way.
Kayte also told me that the eggs in this photo had originally been handpainted by her and her daughter after they read An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston and Sylvia Long.
This is another beautiful book, one that celebrates eggs in all their shapes and sizes, and perfect for littlies interested in nature. I’m so impressed by Kayte’s efforts to creatively apply elements of these books!
Do other people create craft or activities based on picture books they read? We’d love to hear about them!
I don’t have to come up with an activity or craft. If my daughter (almost four now) really likes a book, she lives it, breathes it until the mania runs its course. She WAS Lily from the Kevin Henkes books (red boots, tail and all) for about a month. She orders the world around her to fit the confines of the book and then lives in it.