Where the Wild Things Are

You know Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, right?

You’ve read it so many times, you could probably recite it from memory, right?

And you’re probably very very very excited to see the movie version, right?

Well then, quick, without peeking: how many sentences make up the story?

Don’t know? Okay, you may peek and count. Then come [...]

Counting Cookbooks

How many cookbooks do I own?
I don’t know. I’m too scared to count.
You wanted to know about my Japanese cookbooks, so let’s start with some of those (ohhh, I’ll bet I mistyped that Japanese title, didn’t I?).
Enjoy!

The Heart of Zen Cuisine: A 600-year tradition of vegetarian cooking by Soei Yoneda

Japanese Vegetarian Cooking: From Simple Soups to Sushi [...]

SQIGO

Basset hounds are my favorite dogs, all because of Fletcher.
Fletcher?
I was maybe 5 or 6 years old when my grandma gave me Something Queer is Going On, a terrifically fun mystery starring Fletcher, the basset hound.
See, Fletcher is Jill’s dog, Fletcher disappeared from Jill’s doorstep, and Jill and her best friend Gwen set out to [...]

The Lorax Speaks for the Trees

Earth Day started officially in 1970.
Dr. Seuss published The Lorax in 1971.
If you haven’t started yet, kindly share this story with everyone who knows what a tree is.

Start now, please.

Stop-motion Caterpillar Stuff

You’ve probably read Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar a few million times by now. (Eric Carle reads his book in German.)
Need a new project to add to your list of fun Caterpillar Crafts?  Make a stop-motion video!
First you need to make an origami caterpillar. (Oh boy there’s nothing bite sized about that diagram. Good [...]

A Alligators All Around

I prefer to read Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, because the animated version still scares me (via). The illustrations are fantastic; it’s the music that unsettles me.
But then I rediscovered Really Rosie and Alligators All Around. You just have to watch that whole movie and furiously hug yourself with happiness.
I want that paper [...]

Mercer Mayer’s Alligator

I read Mercer Mayer’s There’s an Alligator Under My Bed every chance I can.
Oh.
Well, yes, I also read it to my students every chance I can.
It’s a great book!
Discussing fears? Read TAUMB.
Discussing foods? Read TAUMB.
Discussing rooms in a house? Read TAUMB.
Discussing alligators? Read TAUMB.
Discussing red pajamas? Read TAUMB.
Discussing jumping on a bed? Read…oh wait, that’s [...]