Judith Barrett - Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing: Los Animales No Se Visten

Pros: Gets younger ones to laugh while thinking logically, nicely illustrated
Cons: None really, but could have been longer perhaps

Animals should definitely not wear clothing by Judi Barrett is a book I bought for my 7 year old. I bought it as one of a group of books through his school's Carnival Book Club. I'm always looking for books to stimulate my boys' thinking, and...

Pros: Wonderfully illustrated, opens the door for logical discussion, is fantasy
Cons: Maybe more animals and reasons why?

There seems to be one child in every family (if it's not yours, you know who it is!) who always refuses to put his clothes on. It could be 32 degrees outside (ah, yes, freezing!), but for this child, a t-shirt will suffice. Parents tear their hair out...

Pros: Laugh out loud book for young readers
Cons: One huge run-on sentence (hey, I had to think of something!)

Last year, my now 4-year-old discovered this book in the office at the school her sisters attend. No, nobody was in trouble, we just volunteer there.
The secretary let her borrow it for the day. Then, the next time, then the next, etc., etc. By the...

Pros: Children study each page, trace the illustrations, laugh and repeat the words.
Cons: …is that it’s difficult to locate in rural areas. Grateful for the net!

Our worn, torn and tattered volume of Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, is a book I began reading to my children when they were very young: two and three years. It is the one children’s book, of all the books read and reread in our household, which they recall now that they're adults. Now that my children are beginning to think of having babies of their own, this Gramma-to-be has been looking to stock up on this book, with no locale retailers carrying it in my area. I'm so happy to find it on the net!