Children's Books are not just for Children!!

You can't actually see the story excerpts, but when I read them aloud to my little charge last week I burst out laughing...

The first page with the parents and then the little girl mouse leaning over the crib pictures goes as follows:
"'We want Julius to grow up to be as clever as you,' said Lilly's father, 'so we must sing him his numbers and letters whenever possible.' When no one was looking, Lilly had her own idea."

The bottom picture depicts Lilly reciting the alphabet at "A, J, K, Z, B, S, C, H..." and the numbers as "3, 8, 1, 5, 9, 6"

The other page is a story Lilly made up about her brother Julius:

"JULIUS, THE GERM OF THE WORLD. BY ME," said Lilly. "Once upon a time," said Lilly, "there was a baby. His name was Julius. Julius was really a germ. Julius was like dust under your bed. If he was number; he would be zero. If he was a food, he would be a raisin. Zero is nothing. A raisin tastes like dirt. The End," said Lilly.

The story earned her ten minutes in the uncooperative chair.

I just find the book very amusing, and the story content and pictures equally so. I think in part because it is something I could imagine myself having done so when I was younger, or I could just see a little child doing the same thing.

ENJOY!!!