I'd like to say that I gathered the kids up in a comfy armchair and read it as soon as the postman delivered it, but that wouldn't be true. For one thing, our armchair is too small for all of us to sit in anymore and even if we did the boys would just end up fighting. That and I don't have a postman, I have a postwoman. What did happen was I unwrapped it, flipped through the pretty pictures and put it down on the counter because the baby was crying or the boys were trying to push each other down the stairs or it was lunch or time for tae kwon do, yadda yadda yadda.
I'd like to say I read it the next day, but that wouldn't be true either. Not so much because things got in the way (which they would have) or I forgot about it (which I probably did), but because I couldn't get them out of the books they were reading then. I don't know about your kids, but my rabid baboons have a tendency to latch onto one book and demand to read it every night. Every. Single. Night. Sigh.
Anyway, to make a long book review that I haven't even started yet short, I finally managed to remember to grab the book at story time and refused to let them bring anything else into bed. It worked. Bingo's Big Adventure is a cute story about a real kitten Julia adopted and brought home to her farm. The book is filled with beautiful real life photos that follow Bingo for a day and the story is written through his eyes. The boys loved these since kids books tend to be filled with artwork instead of photography so it was a little different for them. They got some big laughs out of Bingo climbing a tree and trying to sneak up on a rooster. My ability to mimic a rooster at high volume made the story a total hit with the kids. My rooster noises that got the kids all wound up before bedtime was not a hit with my wife.
So two thumbs up from the boys. Ok, not literally, but when Connor went to bed that night he told us that he was going to dream about being Bingo, so that must be good. Also, whenever they watch Milo and Otis now they feel a need to bring Bingo with them. That's got to mean something, right?
If you're interested in seeing a little more of it, you can check out the book's website, Bingo's Big Adventure.
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smiles. nice review...love it when they latch onto something like that...
ReplyDeleteon a total side note: have you seen the anniversary figures for Empire...they are even doing the get a free boba fett in the mail with the UPC symbols like they did with the origial movie...ok, i knew i could speak geek and get away with it here...its for my boys, really. smiles.
Can we call you "Rooster" from now on?
ReplyDeleteThe book sounds good, lots of things my daughter likes. Thanks for the tip!
My boys were the same way....latching on to something. Our book du year was "I am a Monster" by none other than Cookie Monster. I can still recite most of it now, 25 years later.
ReplyDeleteIt's always the mimics that get 'em. That would have been my favorite part too (-:
ReplyDeleteWhy is is, All men get the kids riled up before bedtime???
ReplyDeleteHey, isn't this your anniversary, too? Many more, Cap'n and Supreme Leader!
ReplyDeleteI saw that book the other day and thought the pictures would be a nice change. However, that would mean we'd have to give up "Knuffle Bunny", and I know that won't happen for at least another damn month. Maybe I'll force this to be September's book.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the pictures of the kids? I only come here for the pictures, Cap'n...
Not only do kids latch onto books for weeks at a time, but same goes for Disney movies. I can recite the Little Mermaid.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea if we have a postman or a postwoman... :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the books that come in too. But agree, you have to put them on the top of the stack. Kiddos have their favorites. Or they wanna read them all thus avoiding sleep all together.
ReplyDeleteBooks. sigh.
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE books.
If you have to read them the same book every night, I recommend Fight Club.
ReplyDeleteCool. Sounds like a good book. I never really realized it before, but you're right -- very few children's picture books use actual photos, favoring "whimsical" artwork instead. I wonder why that is. Printing/publishing cost?
ReplyDeleteexcellent review, i'll be on the look out for it!
ReplyDeleteBest review ever!
ReplyDeleteWhy did the cat have to be named B-I-N-G-O, cause now that is stuck in my head and I've made it a cat version.
Oh well, cute cat - and it sounds like a fun book.
Oh those rabid baboons...don't they know they are meant to entertain US?
ReplyDeleteSounds cute! I think the worst case scenario out of reading this book to Sprite would be, "Can we get a cat?"
ReplyDeleteHappy Anniversary Cpt. Dumbass and Supreme
ReplyDeleteLeader!!!
Funny to think you've been married longer than
your Mom...
reason for signing in as annonymous, can't remember password.
Kids latch onto one book? You must be talking about me and I'm nearly 24. Okay okay, I actually latch onto movies. I've watched the same film with my mom everyday for the last month or so...two months maybe.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, book looks good. Anything with kittens is a-okay with me.
Anything that keeps the kids from trying to kill each other has to be good right??? Even a loud rooster noise!
ReplyDeleteI understand the whole must-read-the-same-book thing. We are still reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good one for my First Graders.
ReplyDeleteThanks CD! After reading Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth for the 1 millionth time I could have got myself a gun. Thus, I just had to write the Bingo book... plus it was fun.
ReplyDeleteGeeze Louise, Cap'n I cannot believe some paper, journal - print or online has not snapped you up as a writer/reviewer. So enjoy your perspectives. Plus, I like to make hen and rooster noises too. There is a whole puck puck purrrruck routine the hens use when laying an egg. Then there is the time I crowed at the Rooster and he attacked me with spurs out as he figured he was being challenged as Chicken leader. Oh that was an amazing an scary day. :D Hope you taught the boys the arm flap and neck stretch that go along with the crowing. Shhhh - don't tell Supreme Leader your reading crew is egging you on to more hyper inducing activities.
ReplyDeleteI really miss the days when I read out loud to our boys. One or two or three books were never enough. I would end up collapsing from dry mouth or have to beg off after losing my voice, but the memories are wonderful. And yes, my baboons were the same as yours. Ask me how many times I read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". No really...it was a lot.
ReplyDeleteBingo's super cute and if I still had little guys I'd buy it. I love cat photos and stories too, hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should have me a look for this book
ReplyDeleteYeah, my boys won't settle for the "read in a sitting" books any more. Now it's "to be continued" books that take a month to read. Currently, James Patterson's Daniel X, an alien kid who hunts aliens on Earth to avenge his parent's death. I miss the days of cat books...
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That's about the only kind of book I would have time for right now. Of course if I unplugged my computer...
ReplyDeleteSounds cute! I'll drop by Julia's blog and congratulate her.
ReplyDeleteI found your site from Servant To a King. I love it. I’m going to poke around a little bit, but don’t worry I’ll put everything back where I found it!!
ReplyDeleteThey may be rabid baboons but they're *your* rabid baboons.
ReplyDeleteEllie
Why is is, All men get the kids riled up before bedtime???
ReplyDeleteBecause it is fun.
I have been feeding my neighbors cat for 3 weeks and now it sleeps outside our door and drags dead rats into our yard. I don't much like cats, but cat books are ok.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review, this book should make a great gift for cowgirls with little ones.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds right up my kids' ally... And I'm very familiar with Milo and Otis. I used to be able to recite the entire movie. Oliver was a bit obsessed with it for a month or six. I call that period the Milo and Otis Reign of Terror. A book about a cat? No brainer - my kids would love it.
ReplyDeletenow I want this book for our grandkids :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, let's just get this out of the way...holy shit Im still alive. Second, I have your blog bookmarked so I don't have to type in the URL everytime I'm waxing nostalgic about Canada or tall bald men. So, I'm borrowing my husband's phone to read your blog and had to type in your web address from memory. My first attempt was "therichmondzoo.blogspot.com". Blogger let me know that blog no longer exists or doesn't exist or something like that, I don't know I couldn't see very well through all the tears and fit throwing. My heart just sank and then broke to 100 tiny pieces. After my Jeremy watched me lose it, he pointed out that there wasn't a "the" in the blog title. I didn't believe him. So after about 8 minutes of back and forth "nuh-uh" and "yeah-huh", that I'm sure was absolutely adorable to watch since the couple next to us in line at Target couldn't stop staring at us, Jeremy typed in your correct URL and up popped this book review. The world is right again! Turns out, Jeremy reads you every week during his construction meetings when he's supposed to be listening to a client.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a cute idea for a children's book. Glad the boys liked it. Maybe I'll have to look into it for Auri's kids...
ReplyDeleteAww...I love Milo and Otis. That damn song gets stuck in your head big time, though.
ReplyDeleteMy four-year-old son currently wants to read a book called "The Messy Rabbit" every single night. It's long, and OLD, and the pictures are weird, but beyond all that, the moral of the story isn't even rubbing off on him. Gah.