It’s Friday. That means the Mom Person is gone. The Big Guy With the Treats is gone. All gone. Gone to California.
Romeo’s Dad Person will be here with us. And he’s a pretty good guy. He’ll do for awhile I guess. Aahhummm.
Well — it’s also Perfect Picture Book Friday over at Susanna Hill’s!
I’ve picked out a quiet Christmas book. Quiet as in no words. It’s a no words kind of Friday. I like picture books with no words. That way when we read them with kids, I get a new story every time!! The book I’ve decided to share is Carl’s Christmas by Alexandra Day.
It was published in 1990 by Farrar Straus Giroux. It’s a fiction book suitable for all ages. I’ve read this book with 2 yr olds and adults. And everybody has there own personal take on the story.
Carl is a rottweiler with some big responsibilities that he takes very seriously. His Big People are always leaving him in charge of the baby! And they sure have fun together while those adults are away! In this Christmas book, Carl and the baby do some Christmas wrapping and decorating then go out to see the town. They enjoy the Christmas windows, win a Christmas basket from a store, give to the needy, go carolling, then realize that they might be missing Santa!! They rush back home and sit and wait for the Jolly Guy. I won’t tell you the end tho!! Whew!!
Carl is my hero. He’s always taking care of that baby and having great adventures while he’s doing it! Ms Day’s artwork is fabulous. Carl’s world just pops out at you. Reading these mostly wordless books gets your imagination fired up. Kids have to study the pictures to see what all is going on. They have to stretch their vocabularies. No words on the printed page is sometimes a very good thing.
Melissa Taylor at Imagination Soup has a great post about wordless books with lots of things that you can do with them. You should check it out.
And Carl has a website that you might find fun.
Check out more PPBF at Susanna Hill’s blog.
And I’ll end with a little James Taylor for my Mom Person so far away — I’ll be watching for her Everyday!
Reading With Rhythm 
Oh, poor sad woof-creature….never mind. Santa Paws will be coming soon I hear….
yes, that will surely help!
🙂 Santa Paw ist really nice, I have to remember that one. 🙂
Don’t be too sad Rhythm, they’ll soon be back, ever so happy.
Happy Holidays to you as well!
Love and lots of hugs
Dina
Thank you Ms Dina for the nice thoughts. It is lonely here but I’m thinking alot about how great it will be when they come back!! I hope you are having a good holiday with your family.