The Wisdom of Simple Children’s Books
Jan 12th, 2011 by Alicia

Did you know…
There are only forty-four sounds in the English language. And all of those forty-four sounds – every ending, blending, and diphthong – can be found in Goodnight Moon and Make Way for Ducklings and Charlotte’s Web.
-The Read-Aloud Handbook
by Jim Trelease
(Incidentally, The Read-Aloud Handboook is book I loved so much when I was just starting my parenting journey that I accidentally bought two copies!)






Goodnight Moon is probably the one and only book I wanted to burn!

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Oh, really? LOL! That would have been “The Rainbow Fish” for me.