New Jan Thomas Book
Squeals of delight could be heard as my kids discovered Here comes the big mean dust bunny! sitting on the chalkboard tray yesterday morning. Cruz begged me to read it just as it was time for him to leave for the ELL teacher. He only relented when I promised we would read it as soon as he came back. As we sat down to do our minilesson on nonfiction conventions an hour later, Cruz reminded me of my promise to read the new book. The table of contents lesson was going to have to wait. We had to read this book!
The rhyming dust bunnies are back! Ed,Ted, Ned, and Bob are joined by the Big Mean Dust Bunny this time. Just as in Rhyming Dust Bunnies, Ed, Ted, and Ned are rhyming away, this time to maybe cheer up the grumpy dust bunny. He wants to smash them. Again, as the three of them rhyme, Bob, comes up with words that don’t rhyme. Right away, my kids wondered if he was warning the others about an upcoming danger…namely the cat. Well, don’t you know, they were right on. And the cat? It’s Big Fat Cat, another familiar Thomas character.
The kids LOVED this book. Laughter filled the room and their questions, predictions and inferences were bouncing all over! These 6 year-olds never cease to amaze me. We added this book to our Jan Thomas basket. I know it will be well-loved just like the others.
