With nothing else to do over the weekend but watch the snow fall and shovel it (and in The Girl’s case jump head-first in snow piles and emerge looking like a snowman), The Girl and I had some time to snuggle on the couch and read. The Girl jumped at the chance to be included in her Auntie Serena’s tour post for Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance written by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, and she asked me to read the book to her. Of course, I said yes, especially because now that she’s 9 and reading most things by herself, I don’t know how many more opportunities I’ll have to read to her.
Anyway, I couldn’t let her visit Serena’s blog without having her answer a couple of questions for mine, right? So here’s what I got out of her:
Me: Did you like the book?
The Girl: Of course.
Me: Okay…so what did you like about it?
The Girl: It was funny.
Me: Okay…and what was the funniest part?
The Girl: The squid with the huge eye.
Me: That was pretty funny. So, why do you like the Ivy + Bean series so much.
The Girl: It’s funny.
Me: You were on the phone with Auntie Serena talking about the book for 10 or 15 minutes, and that’s all you have to say about it?
The Girl: You’ll have to read her blog to see my answers.
If you haven’t already, check out Serena’s review of Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance and her interview with The Girl. My review of the book is here.
And the lucky winner of my Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance giveaway is Julie from Booking Mama. Congratulations! I hope you and Booking Daughter enjoy the book as much as The Girl and I did!
Disclosure: We received a copy of Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance from Chronicle Books for review purposes. I am an Amazon associate.
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