wednesday july 09
My coworker kindly gave me a copy of the children’s book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? as a baby shower gift, and I've been reading it to my daughter since she was born four months ago. She loves the rhyming text by Bill Martin, Jr. ("Red bird, red bird, what do you see? I see a yellow duck looking at me”) and the bold, colorful illustrations by Eric Carle.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? was the first book Eric Carle illustrated. Since then, Martin (1916-2004) and Carle collaborated on three other beloved classics that I hope to add to my daughter’s collection: Polar Bear. Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?. I’ve included links to the available board book editions for tiny fingers to hold and enjoy.
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I have a new car book.
Don’t worry, I don’t read while I drive. That would be taking this whole reading thing just a little bit too far.
My car book is for doctors’ offices, for impromptu coffee stops, or for waiting for late friends. Why read year-old magazines or pawed-through newspapers or check your watch two dozen times when you can carry around something great to fill the time?
I just picked up The New Kings of Nonfiction, a terrific collection of journalism pieces selected by Chicago Public Radio’s This American Life host Ira Glass.
So far it’s fulfilling all the requirements of a car book: able to be read in short, random chunks of time but absorbing enough to fill those waiting minutes completely. The only problem is that the pieces I have read so far are so interesting that I’m tempted to take it home and finish it.
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wednesday july 02
Golly. That's all I've got to say.
I picked up Matthew Reilly's 1999 novel Ice Station because I had seen it listed on best lists for suspense and thriller novels over the years. So I had some time for a quick book, and I thought, why not?
Golly.
The novel is set in Antarctica. The scientists at an American research station are using a diving bell to explore a deep ice cavern.
They find something.
To tell you what would spoil the first of many plot surprises. Anyway, they send out a distress signal, which they hope will get through the solar flare interference that has them locked down. More than one set of ears is listening, and more than one country responds. But not all of the listeners have rescue on their minds.
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