Over and Over by Charlotte Zolotow. I loved this book as a child and now as a parent. My mother used to read it to me over and over, now I am doing the reading over and over to my children. This book follows a young girl through the seasons and all the different holidays that happen throughout the year. She is so young she cannot remember what comes next but does remember some things but they are all jumbled up in her head. Throughout this book the little girl keeps asking her mother “What comes next?” and the mother always tells her. As a mother I know all too well that question, my own children ask me this question at least once a day. This is a wonderful book that illustrates how children think and how their imagination works.
Zolotow, C. (1957). Over and Over. New York: Harper & Row Publishers
Alison,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of this book but I definitely plan to find it and add it to my collection. I have older children so I don't have the chance to hear this question at home but I am very familiar with it at work. I love to introduce new books to my preschoolers so I plan to read this one to them as well. I believe that we can use it to discuss the seasons, holidays and encourage their predictions of what they believe will happen next. Great post! Also thanks for the inspiration and new resource for my preschoolers.