A couple weeks ago a coworker of mine started to recite Dr. Seuss’s The Pale Green Pants to wrangle and quiet a group of unruly 4, 5, and 6 year olds. She told it all from memory and the kids were quite entranced and some of my other coworkers were in awe. But I knew. My first question when she finished was “Was that your son’s favorite?” She laughed and said “yeah”. The coworkers in awe don’t have children so they don’t know all the useless things that fill your brain as a parent. Useless unless of course you have to wrangle a bunch of unruly children, which fortunately worked like a charm.
Today I was reading to a little guy and though the book was missing a page, it didn’t phase me, I know it word for word and probably always will.
This book is the best! I make sure every little one I get gifts for has a copy of this book! Not only do I know it, but both my kids do by heart. It was the first thing Little Moo recited, before any nursery song even.
These are a few of the other random books that will always rattle around my brain.
How about you? Are there any books that you could recite from memory while half asleep rocking a two year old?
Goodnight Moon. I think I could recite that one pretty well. Then again, it's been one of my favorites since I was a toddler.
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