We Love Bunk Beds!: A Shirley and Doris Book

My ABSOLUTE, MOST favourite book!!!

This book came into our lives through a  second-hand books sale in the neighbourhood. We laughed a lot reading it at the book stall itself and have laughed again and again after every book reading!

 My 4 year old, who  often does not have the patience to listen to stories till the very end, waits for the twist in the tale at the ending of the story.

When I read this book out, I use rhyming Hindi words that go with the page illustrations and  my 4 year old and I have some great laughs.

 Every. Single.  Time.

So what is it about? An inseparable sibling elephant  pair, with the little one (Doris)  following her elder sister  (Shirley) everywhere. Shirley  sometime loses patience but mostly in the book is resigned to her fate ( This is VERY different from our household and when my 10 year old reads it I point out some patient dealings by Shirley  strategically! wink wink! !!!)
Frustrated with Doris's clingy behaviour , their mom suggests buying a bunk bed so that they at least sleep separately that gets every one excited.
All seems to go well till the end and Shirley will finally get to sleep away from Doris but wait... is that what is going to happen?

Guaranteed to generate many laughs and squeals at the end , go ahead and seek this book out.

I am an absolute fan of the author, Paula Metcalf's , work and follow her artwork on Facebook too.  Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/paulametcalfcreations/

Daddy is a Doodlebug- Buce Degen

Daddy is a Doodlebug  is a fantastic book with a quirky sense of humour highlighting the special bond between a father and a child. Very few books focus on this aspect of parenting- it is either  both parents in the story line or often the mother and the child.  So when I saw this today in my university's library of children's books , I was delighted! My kids have a stay at home dad around them and they do many activities with him around. This surely was going to  resonate with them!

So this is how it goes... two bugs ( a father and his son) do various activities together


" Daddy is a doodlebug . I'm a doodlebug too
...
We both eat potoodle chips
 While walking through the zoo.
'Cause Daddy is a foodlebug ,
And I'm a foodlebug too.


We padoodle the canoe in the sun and rain
That's what Doodlebugs do

' Cause Daddy is a canoedlebug,
And I'm a canoedlebug too.

It is the play of words, some pun here and there and vivid bright illustrations with humour hidden in them that make the book very appealing. My 10 year old laughed a lot while my 4 year old looked at it with delight.
No wonder, because the author illustrator is Bruce Degen who is popular for his art humour in his Magic School Bus books! Here is a nice short interview of him where he frames humour as his top quality! Now that's my kind of quality . I love to watch kids laugh while reading a book or watching some good appropriate content.

So here's a big thumbs up for this book.It is worth having it in your library!