Story Time

We have in our children’s book collection dozens of toddler books for Callan to choose his story from every night.  There are at least four Sesame Street books, a half dozen Thomas the Tank Engine books, and a handful of Caillou paperbacks.  There are flip books, and pop up books, award winning picture books, and even a Winnie the Pooh Puppet book.  However, despite this wide selection, the book that Callan always wants to go to bed with is a dog-eared coloring book full of simple drawings of slightly mis-proportioned little boys playing baseball, soccer, hockey, football, and basketball. The book, which is missing its cover since Callan tore it to pieces last night, is printed on thin newsprint and was purchased at the dollar store in America.  Still, it has a lot of pages and the story details the basic rules and actions of all the major professional sports in America.  So of course Callan, who was born with a baseball in his hand, can’t get enough of it.  As we speak he is laying in bed with mom reading about how a little boy named Chris learned to catch, throw, and hit all in one day.  Not only does he read it at night, but he colors on it during the day.  Sometimes, even when he doesn’t read it at night, he puts it in bed with him.  Go figure!