1700 hours

The current research shows that a child needs to read, or be read to, for 1700 hours between birth and age five. That amounts to 55.89 minutes per day. We are well on track to meet or exceed that goal but, to be sure, we went to the library yesterday and loaded up on more books. Here is a photo of me working on the train puzzle at the library.

I picked out so many books that my mom could hardly carry the bag. I have a lot of books about garbage trucks.

One of my favorite books right now is called A Dazzling Display of Dogs by Betsy Franco. Even though I had not read that book for months, I remembered the poem about Baloo (mostly because this is something my dog would do, minus the racing away part).

Baloo got out!

Baloo got out!

Baloo raced out the gate.

He went inside Ms. Johnston's house and this is what he ate:

Some popcorn

and and apple,

a cupcake

and a steak.

A teddy bear,

a grapefruit peel,

a green organic shake.

Some coffee grounds,

the cat food,

a taco

and some peas,

an apricot,

a homemade tart,

and some moldy cheddar cheese.

I hear Ms. Johnston yelling. I guess we're all too late. Baloo got out! Baloo got out! He'll have a bellyache!