Kyle and Brady Baldwin are brothers and Eagle Scouts. They were recently featured in one of those weekend magazines that come in the newspaper. These two brothers started a program called My Own Book. The program gives books to kids who may have never owned a book in their life. I just can’t imagine not having books. But these kids have note a single book in their lives.
Kyle and Brady Baldwin saw that a cycle of illiteracy needed to be stopped and that would start with children. By giving children their very own book talking to them about the library and speaking in classrooms they got kids excited. And then Kyle and Brady got more people excited about this project by doing book drives, asking for donations from publishers and writing for grants. They have also created a website called www.myownbook.net. The website has links to what the two are doing and also how to start your own chapter of the program.
I think this is a fantastic program and I thought about trying to do something similar with new fathers at the hospital. Gathering books for new dads so that they would have some special books to read to their kids. Who kows maybe I could still do something like that.
Good Night Cape Cod is a take on the ever popular and ubiquitous Good Night Moon. We read Good Night Moon to Eva well before she was born. It was quick and she would kick when she heard me reading it. We have about 3 copies of it and take it everywhere. However we don’t read it to her that much anymore. We read her a nightly book called Time for Bed and I’ll talk about that one some other time.
Good Night Cape Cod is a book that starts with good morning and goes throughout the hole day on the Cape. There are many locations on the cape that are seen in this colorful little book. It is a board book so it is great for chewing. Eva enjoys that. It is also very colorful which many solid colors so there is a lot of contrast, images are fun and cartoony too. I imagine that as Eva gets older and can recognize the places that are mentioned in the book that she will really enjoy it much more.
Apparently there is a whole series of Good Night Books called the Good Night Our World series.
Read to Me Dad Ratings
Story – A cute little story of a day on Cape Cod similar to Good Night Moon.
Re-Read-ability – Excellent, we will read this to Eva as she learns more about the Cape so then she will be able to recognize the places in the book.
Illustrations – Good -The book is bright with many solid colors with high contrast. Recognizable Cape Cod landmarks are also very good.
Message – No message, pretty much a nice little book of places on the cape.
Plot – From morning to night on the Cape.
Characters – No characters but rather places on the Cape.
Does Eva Like It – Eva did like to chew the book a little but overall I think this is a book she will enjoy as she grows older.
