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Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners

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Nine very short stories that at first seem peculiar, but kids will understand them. There is the meaningful story of the boy and his father in role reversal. The boy goes to work for his father when his father stays home, ill in bed. The boy calls home and also buys his father a gift to help him feel better. There is a story about a design conscious hippo in search of a car. There is a boy and his cat with very active imaginations. The story about a thirst elephant and the equally giving glass of water is quite cute. And what about the tallest crayon in the box, the rarely used black crayon. One day it convinces a girl to use it in a drawing. A fun book that stimulates the imagination

I recently bought this book for my 6 year old daughter, who is a pretty good reader. The stories are short and she can easily read them quickly, but she enjoys them and I think she'll end up reading them to her younger cousins. I think both of us like the silliness and unpredictability of the stories. Also, we like to give "voice" to inanimate objects, which is really what each story does. The watercolor illustrations are vivid and really capture the imagination of the story itself!