Bedtime Stories

Tonight as planned we went to hear bedtime stories at school. As a side note I didn't realize it was Dr. Seuss's Birthday. Thank you Heidi for pointing that out :) That would explain the two individuals in the Library dressed in the Cat in the Hat hats! Also my son came home with a need to bring the Green Eggs and Ham book to school tomorrow. I love Dr. Seuss, can't wait for the Horton Hears a who movie!

Well back on track here, the night began with the principal wearing a night cap and nightgown reading to the children, with a Cat in the Hat back drop. It ended with milk and cookies. After the principal read we then broke out and could go to different classrooms of our choice to hear more stories. Our classrooms at our school are all very unique. Each classroom has some sort of comfy reading corner usually with a couch and some pillows so it all fit in well for a night of bedtime stories. The school strongly promotes literature and writing. The classrooms are set up in a way that makes it comfortable for the students to gather and discuss their reading in depth. The first classroom was my favorite and they had a cool loft area with a ladder in the classroom. It was there that I heard my favorite book of the night. It was called "Airmail to the Moon" by Tom Birdseye. It was adorable and the teacher did a wonderful job reading it with just the right voices, I was captivated along with the kids by her story telling :) She even got the kids involved in saying "send'em airmail to the moon" each time. I loved it so much I just bought it at Amazon! Here is a review of it:

This children's book has so many different things to it!! If you are looking for a different tooth fairy book, look no further. If you are searching for a longer children's book with lively characters, this is it. With diverse, distinctive, atypical characters, you and your child will love this unusual tooth fairy story about a little girl who loses her tooth. Literally!

With lively, entertaining, vivid sentences such as "Some crook stole my tooth. And when I catch'em, I'm gonna open up a can of gotcha and send'em airmail to the moon!", this book comes alive with an entertaining story. The family lives on a farm in this book and the illustrations are hilarious such as one of a little girl hanging upside down, with her legs hooked over the tree limb, panties showing and all. From the picture of dad outside shaving and his pants hanging from a tree limb to Ora Mae Cotton sitting in a pig pen beside of a couple of pigs, the illustrations will leave you in stitches! The colorful, bright pictures of a cartoon farm family are entertaining in and of themselves, they really tell the story!

This is a story of a little girl who has a wobbly tooth that finally pops out, hops in bed, awaiting the tooth fairy's money drop. The next morning, the tooth is missing and no money was left so Ora Mae assumes somebody stole it and sets off to find the culprit to send him "airmail to the moon." She goes to her mother who says the tooth fairy may have just forgotten to leave the money. When this does not satisfy Ora Mae, her mother says to talk to her father. Her father talks about the tooth fairy grinding up teeth and the tooth fairy waiting on the tooth dust to turn into money. Not very happy with that answer, she insists someone stole the tooth. Her father sends her on to her brother. Ora Mae considers that her brother lost some teeth and probably needed hers as a replacement.

Her brother tells her that the tooth fairy took her teeth, no money down or possibly she gave it to some baby in need of a tooth, but that he would never be able to use a girl's tooth to replace his own. He gives her the idea that maybe the little sister has something to do with the stolen tooth so Ora Mae heads to find her. Her little sister is hanging from a tree branch upside down and tells Ora Mae that no, she did not take it but the tooth fairy takes teeth to make doorknobs. Or Ora Mae could have thrown it away with the spaghetti. So right then and there Ora Mae broke down crying, "nobody was a bit of help." The whole family comes arunning to check on her as her sobs get bigger and louder. She then sticks her hands deep into her pockets.....to find....her tooth, right where she left it.

This was an enjoyable, creative book and I think that any child would get a kick out of it! Some very interesting takes on just what the tooth fairy does with all of those baby teeth she collects each night.