Me, Her, the Boy and a Dog
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Finishing up The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Great read. Beats the hell out of James Patterson.
Hagrid is the only voice that is not convincing enough for my Boy when I read. I do a passable Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy and I can even get that bit of ‘tude in Hermoine’s delivery (in the first book). I like Dumbledore, but struggle a little with Snape - but then again, we’re talking about Alan Rickman, so what can you do? His voice is so unique and his delivery nearly impossible to match.
The Boy’s favorite voice that I do is that of the Sorting Hat. When Susan Bones is called before the school to be sorted and the Sorting Hat yells, “Hufflepuff!” my boy giggled and said, “Say it again, dad!” He then settled down so we could get to Harry’s part. He sat in great anticipation (even though he knew the outcome) of what fate the Sorting Hat would lay out for Harry. And when I read, “Better be… GRYFFINDOR!” he let out a little “Yes!”
Books rock.
LOVE these books! I still have a couple from when I was a kid, which I have read to my son. I also bought some more recent copies of books I don’t have. My son loves it when I use funny voices as the Mr. characters.
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I read this to My Boy’s kindergarten class this morning. The guest reader (usually a parent or guardian) sits in a big leather chair, and their child gets to sit in a smaller chair next to the big chair, while the rest of the class sits on a colorful, letter-filled rug.
I also got to see the morning announcements on the “smart board” and a couple of activities the kids get to do each morning. My Boy was pretty excited to have his daddy there today and I had a great time! I look forward to reading to them again soon!
My boy and I finished reading this the other night. It was hers as a child and she passed it on to him. Next up, Peter Pan.
