Federico

A cute little beginning book story about making it through hard times. Sometimes, it’s not only about the physical things you need like food, but it’s also about hope and stories. 5 little mice are gathering food for the winter to come. Frederick soaks up sun, colors and words. He knows those things Leggi tutto

So the story goes that you have 5 mice. Four of them work their little mousey tuchas' off to gather enough food to eat for the winter and enough hay to keep warm. Frederick sits on his butt and does jack. When the other mice confront Fredrick, he tells them that he is collecting colors for the drear Leggi tutto

You read correctly. The book with the cute little poetic mouse holding a flower is maybe the only book to which I would give a one star review. This was on the recommended reading list for my four year old and I read it to him, excited because all the books on the list were so good. I'll have to sta Leggi tutto

This story is going to be my go-to every time someone accuses me of being lazy: "Jeremy? Why aren't you helping us lift this dresser onto the moving truck? You should at least do SOMETHING!" "I am doing something--I am absorbing colours into my memory and composing a sonnet in my head." "Oh dear, Jere Leggi tutto

Lately, I have been re-reading many children’s books that I have not read since I was a child and “Frederick” is one of those books I have not read for awhile! “Frederick” is a Caldecott Honor book by Leo Lionni and it is about a laid back mouse named Frederick who seems to get out of his duties of Leggi tutto