tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393599956370402117.post6665594532919473688..comments2024-03-21T08:53:47.681-06:00Comments on KISS THE BOOK: Firebird by Saviour Pirotta - ESSENTIALCindy Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689887956133594080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393599956370402117.post-33659853459065096052012-09-19T21:00:22.319-06:002012-09-19T21:00:22.319-06:00My nearly 4 year old son came home with this book ...My nearly 4 year old son came home with this book from the library last week. I was surprised that he would have chosen this. His previous week's choice of "Dino-soccer" was more like him. But we read the story and he enjoyed it. It was quickly apparent that he was drawn to the book because of the illustrations. He really loved touching the picture of the firebird with the golden threads running through it. As the story was a little long, I decided to read it over two nights. It struck me that we'd never read a story at bedtime that couldn't be done in one go before. And that got me thinking of the idea of delayed gratification. <br /><br />When I was a kid, my bedtime stories were read from thick, hardcover books like the complete tales of Winnie the Pooh. And even if the books were compilations of short stories, and my mom finished one of those stories, I always wanted more; because in my child's mind the book wasn't finished until you flipped the back cover over. Know what I mean?<br /><br />I've just written a short blog post about this. I'd love to know what you, as a librarian, think about the whole idea that longer bedtime books (read over several nights) could be used to teach kids about delayed gratification; something that (as a teacher and now as a parent) I think is lacking in our 'instant' world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com