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Today‘s haiku was inspired by the view from my window seat on the way home from Hilo & all the blues in the sky.
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What if "got the blues"
Meant gazing peacefully at
A sky brushed with them?

Read to Henry

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I‘ve become a great aunt to Isabella Andrea Hamilton 🥰im lucky 🍀 to be very close to my niece (and nephew ) could never have children myself due to medical issues sometimes it‘s just not meant to be , however I do find it strange when people (this happened a lot to us on holiday recently in Croatia 🇭🇷 for some strange reason) when people ask you if you have children, you say no and then they want an explanation why 🫨I never do that, some of

#5JoysFriday
1. My boys love to cuddle ❤️
2. My daily smoothie, so refreshing as the days heat up
3. Talking to my niece
4. Reading late at night when everything is quiet
5. Will 💜

Carl is my favorite literary dog 🐕‍🦺! He lives an extraordinary life 🖤

#Dog

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Apparently we are having a family cuddle this morning!

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I read this book and I hear Spike Lee in my head. This is a very good thing for a celebrity author. So often celebrity authors sound like they‘ve been ghost written. This does not sound that way. Between the repetitiveness and the change up of the “please baby please” line the other thing that is done well is the simple concepts. The illustrator does a masterful job illustrating the words that show different points in a very

5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ This book starts with a child asking their parent to tell them about the night they were born. it goes through the child being born and picked up and how special it was because the child is adopted. This helps normalize adoption. It‘s not a scary thing, it‘s what it is, and it‘s its own special view of how you came into the world. There are fabulous illustrations, and this is a forever classic by Jayme Lee Curtis.

#Celebrityauthor.

Old-school illustrations, and a story that isn‘t the easiest to get your tongue round - some of the sentences don‘t quite scan as they should. BUT…

I may use it for a bounce and rhyme session nonetheless. Lots of animal noises, a few actions, and quite a bit of silliness.

Not a celebrity author, but I needs a Q! #BBRC