Leaf Trouble (by Jonathan Emmett)

2/5 = OK

Momma: What do you like about the Fall leaves?

Fox: The colors...[I like] that I can play with them.

Momma: When I picked you up from school today, what were you doing in the leaves?

Fox: Kicking them!

Momma: Why?

Fox: Because I like to!

Momma: I love the leaves, too.  I like the colors.  I like when they fall.  I like putting them in piles and kicking them and jumping into the piles and I like how they crunch when we walk on them!

Fox: Next Fall, can we catch all the leaves?  Please???

Momma: How would we do that?

Fox: With our hands!

Momma: Well, the leaves don't fall all at the same time.  Like they said in the book. the leaves fall a little bit at a time.  But we can wait for a windy day this week and try to catch as many leaves as the wind knocks down.  How does that sound?

Fox: Good!

A Piece of Cake (by Leuyen Pham)

3/4 = Liked It

Little Fox says, "I liked this book because I liked the ending."

Momma: Mouse was so kind.  Mouse made Little Bird a birthday cake but he gave it all away before Little Bird ever got to see it!
Fox: Yeah.  But then he made an even better one with bird.  One with even more stuff.
Momma: That's right.  Where did he get all the ingredients for the second cake?
Fox: They traded with all the other animals.
Momma: Mouse was so kind and Little Bird was so clever.  They are very good friends.
Fox: And they made the best cake ever!
Momma: Would you mind if a friend made you a cake for your birthday and then gave it all away so there was none left for you?
Fox: No!
Momma: How about if a friend made you a cake but it was big enough to be shared with all your other friends?  Would you like to share with your friends?
Fox:  If it was big enough and I would get some, too?  Yes.  I would share!

The Midnight Library (by Kazuno Kohara)

4/5 = Really Liked It

Little Fox says, "I liked the owls that were the assistants.  I like the tortoise. I like A LOT of stuff about it."

Fox: Was the owls your favorite?
Momma: I liked the owls but the little librarian was my favorite.  She was very helpful.
Fox: I meant which animal is your favorite?
Momma: I liked the tortoise because he didn't want to leave until he was done reading.
Fox: My favorite was the wolf...or the fox.  I pick two: the wolf and the fox.
Momma: How is the Midnight Library different than the libraries we go to?
Fox: Because it was only open at night.
Momma: What else is different?  Do animals go to our libraries?
Fox: No.  Animals were the only ones allowed in the Midnight Library.

Simon's Book (by Henrik Drescher)

2/5 = OK

Little Fox said, "It was OK.  I thought it would be awesome."

Momma: What happened in the book?
Fox: They thought the monster was mean.
Momma: Was he?
Fox: No.
Momma: It is funny that his drawing came to life.  Have your drawings ever come to life?
Fox: No.  I wouldn't want them to!
Momma: If you could draw something that you KNEW would come to life, what would you draw?
Fox: A person...a nice person.
Momma: I would draw a castle for us to live in.  And a nice dragon that would let me ride on his back.  And a big hot tub to swim in.  And cake to eat!
Fox: I'd staple paper together...paper as big as our house...and I'd draw a cake that a whole bunch of people could eat.  I'd draw gigantic pictures of EVERY food.  If we didn't have a house to live in, I'd draw a giant house, too.

Flat Stanley Show-and-Tell Flat Stanley! (by Jeff Brown)

3/5 = Liked It

Little Fox says, "I liked it."

Momma: What would you take to show and tell?
Fox: I don't know...
Momma: A toy, a book...the cat?!
Fox: I'd take the kitty.  Or if we had a new kitten, I'd take a kitten.
Momma: What did Arthur take to show and tell?
Fox: Flat Stanley.  His brother.
Momma: Why did Arthur take Flat Stanley to show and tell?  It wasn't because he was flat...What special thing could Flat Stanley do?
Fox:...wiggle his ears!