![]() A boy sits watching the sky, then a fly zooms by because he is chased by a frog, which wants to eat him. We checked out this book, one of the I Can Read It Myself Beginner Books, in a fit of nostalgic hysteria-don't you remember this book?! I think it was a good one.right? Lorelei and I started reading it, and it starts off innocently enough. You'd think I learned my lesson! Of course not. That was a library book I hid after a single reading. I see a picture of the turtle floating, belly up, in the water! How to explain this one?! Um, the turtle floats on his back, looking up at the sky, and the boy goes in to the water to get the turtle, and then (oh, I see-the turtle was just playing dead) the turtle jumps up and they all become friends. A little boy and his dog went fishing, they saw a turtle, the dog went into the water to chase the turtle, they wrestled in the water, my. Once, I was "reading" a wordless picture book to Lorelei and was, obviously, describing the images on the pages in a story-like way. ![]() ![]() I need to learn to preview books before reading them to my kids! I have learned this the hard way several times. ![]() A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock, illustrated by Fritz Siebel ![]()
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