Tuesday, January 02, 2007

"Cam Chowdah for Yunch!"*

For the past few days, Sadie has been asking us to read "One Morning In Maine" by Robert McCloskey every night. I love this story about Sal (the same Sal from "Blueberries for Sal) and her loose tooth and put it out on Sadie's shelf just see if she would be interested.
We're amazed at how much Sadie likes this story. It takes at least 15 minutes to read it out loud and the illustrations are black and white drawings, but she happily listens the whole time.
reading to baby
Here, Sadie is reading it to her doll Peddy. Her favorite part is the last line of book, when Sal calls out *"Clam chowder for lunch!", which is the translation of the title above.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Does Sadie eat "cam chowdah"? Maybe she likes Maine because of the fun you have on your Maine vacations. Keep reading to Sadie. I'm anxious to see if she learns to read earlier than Dan.

Anonymous said...

Sadie, that was one of Auntie Lolly's favorite books too. WE started reading it after she lost her first tooth when we were on vacation in Maine! Love Nana

Ann said...

Sadie had some "cam chowdah" when we were in Maine this summer, but I don't think she's had any since then!

Anonymous said...

See, I'm amazed that Madeline likes plot-thin Dora books :) I'll have to see if the library has a copy of "One Morning in Maine" ...