Rating: 5 stars
In typical Kate fashion, I purchased a bunch of books for a baby born to my husband's colleague that I actually wanted to read first. I've been careful with the book, but I need to get this review out soon or the baby will be three years old before I get it to him!
This is another in the BabyLit series of books by Jennifer Adams, and it makes me realize: There are some good options for boys in here. I mean, some GREAT options for boys. This one might just be my favorite of all this clever little board books!
Each page has one word on it, one word that introduces a part of camping, followed by a quotation from Huckleberry Finn that describes that word. For example:
RIVERBANK "I laid there in the grass and the cool shade thinking about things."
RIVER "I'd go down the river about fifty mile and camp."
FRIENDS "We took my canoe and went over the river a-fishing."
FISHING LINE "Then I set out a line to catch some fish."
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| "Everything we had in the world was on our raft." |
The reader puts together these little pieces and has a nice image of what a nice camping trip might feel like--not just look like, not just sound like, but feel like.
And the images of Huckleberry and Jim with their opposite skin color but same certain stroke, same grins, same ease, same contentedness lying on the green grass… It's just priceless stuff for some of a baby's first images.
Another neat book by Jennifer Adams. And now I'll be going…to reread Huckleberry Finn...
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