The reading to dogs program found at many libraries has been very successful and here's why ... dogs don't care if you stutter, miss a word, etc., they'll listen anyway. A young reader learns this in Madeline Finn and the Library Dog, by Lisa Papp.

This book would go nicely with other world tour picture books I've used. (Ride on Mother's Back from May, 2015, While You Were Sleeping from October 6, 2015, and At the Same Moment, Around the World from November 3, 2016). This time you follow a yawn around the world! The Moon's Lullaby, by Josephine Nobisso and pictures by Glo Coalson is sweet and charming. And it should make you yawn.

Here's a book with wonderful pictures and is an introduction to poetry as well! Switching on the Moon: a Very First Book of Bedtime Poems, collected by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters with illustrations by Brian Karas. From bedtime to dawn there were familiar poems, new poems, and a few variations on familiar poems. Nicely done.

Reading Hermit With Dog