Eat, Read, and Be Mommy

Remember how my oldest–at 7 1/2–read Charlotte’s Web and wanted to raise a pig for bacon?  (She did love the book, mind you.  It’s just that I find it a bit strange that THAT’S what she took away from it.)  Tonight I finished reading it to my middle, who is (very proudly) 4 3/4.  She was spellbound during the last two chapters, and when I asked her if she liked it, she responded, “Well, I liked parts of it,” and then cried because she didn’t want Charlotte to die.  My poor sweet girlie!

Now I’m looking at what to read to her next with a more critical eye.  Mr. Popper’s Penguins is high up there on the list, but does anyone out there have any other ideas?