and simple (always a plus when you’re reading to a crowd), but they have lots of expression and a sense of humor that really tickles me and the kids i read to.
of course, it’s not wise, and don’t be surprised if your audience yells out to you that such things don’t go in the soup pot. there’s a nice little twist at the end when the pig invites 10 of her pig friends to come and they dive into the soup pot, making the umbrellas and galoshes handy things for the other animals to use.
behind the silly surface, there is a lot of learning available to little listeners. they can 