A child's receptive vocabulary is present much sooner than their expressive vocabulary and reading aloud is the way to increasing the breadth of that learning. Even as an adult I like to be a recipient of someone reading aloud---thus my Libby app (audio from the public library) stays full!
Being a DiCamillo fan, (Because of Winn Dixie) I picked this one up last week as I perused the kiddie lit shelves. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Learnings from a china bunny---aka recollections from a rabbit on a day after day, season after season, year after year of a miraculous "love" journey.
- Beauty makes no difference. It all started with a story of a princess who loved no one and cared nothing for love, even though there were many who loved her. (p. 29) Self-centered, maybe?
- Is wanting to be with someone love? (p. 88)
- "We are going nowhere. That my friend is the irony of constant movement, Bull, the hobo. (p.95)
- He wanted to be with them. The rabbit wondered if that was love.
- And so he listened. And in his listening his heart opened wide and then wider still. (p.103) Reminds me of James 1:19, (emphasis, mine.)
- Love can include waiting. Loving can be painful.
- Hugging feels good. (p.141)
Even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose and to love again is the learning listed on the book flap of the book.
A learning to take to heart from a kid's book.
