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A House for Hermit Crab: 11/04/06

Sean borrowed another new book from preschool. He chose a delightful one by Eric Carle called A House for Hermit Crab. It is Carle at his best; it is pretty to look at, a sweet story about friendship and one that teaches about real sea creatures.

In this story a hermit crab must chose a new shell as he has out grown his old one. His new shell is rather boring so he decides to decorate it with other creatures and plants that live in the sea. Each month he finds a new friend to decorate his home. Of course by the end of the year when his home is perfect it is also too small! Now the hermit crab must learn about sharing and start decorating a new home.

Sean's choice of this book is timely because he has already decided what he wants to be for Halloween next year. He has decided to be a pikmin and he wants me to start on his costume now. I have been explaining to him that if I start now he will be too tall for the costume by the time we would finish it in October of next year. I've told him that we should wait until his 5th birthday to start or else we'll have to share his costume with a four year old just as the hermit crab had to share his home with a smaller hermit crab at the end of the year.

Books by Eric Carle reviewed here: (Click on a title to read reviews).

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (with Bill Martin Jr.)
• Do You Want to be My Friend?
  
• Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
  
• Dragons, Dragons
  
• Eric Carle's Opposites
  
• From Head to Toe
  
• The Grouchy Ladybug
  
• Have You Seen My Cat?
  
• A House for Hermit Crab
  
• Little Cloud
  
• My Very First Book of Shapes
  
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (with Bill Martin Jr.)
  
• Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
  
• The Very Busy Spider
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Our Trip to Pleasanton

We had a nice day in Pleasanton. We found the weekly farmers' market but it was getting too late when we got there and we had forgotten to go to the bank first. We will be better prepared next time. Nonetheless we still had fun. Downtown Pleasanton has a nice old feel to it and reminds me both of South Pasadena and Juneau. Part of our excitement in downtown was having to wait for a freight train to pass. When one has a four year old, freight trains are exciting!

We also found another nice used bookstore in Pleasanton called "The Bookstore." Its logo is a sea turtle and that made me think of my recently departed BookCrossing friend Kamala (aka Kamalamalama) who always sent her books to the mainland via media mail which she called "the old sea turtle" and the packages came decorated with sea turtles and other Hawaiian sea life. Whenever I go to "The Bookstore" I will think of her fondly.

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