IGGY PECK ARCHITECT

Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a must-read AND a must-see. The marriage of Beaty's words with Roberts' illustrations is a match made in this reader's heaven. And - most importantly - our 18-month-old daughter fell in love with the book. She requests it every night now. Admittedly at first, she didn't take to it. The illustrations aren't as cartoonish as she used to like (such as Dr. Seuss, Karen Katz, or the guy who does Tails and all those books). So we put Iggy Peck on the shelf for a few months. When we tried it again, it worked liked a charm.

And really if you read Iggy Peck, I think you'll fall for it, too. Beaty's flow throughout the book is as smooth and fun to read as anyone's I've come across. And I've come across a lot of books since our girl was born. Do yourself a favor and track this books down. Just flip through the pages in the store, and I'll bet you'll think of someone in your life who NEEDS this book. But be sure to read it aloud yourself. You'll have a great time doing it.

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VIOLA!

Bella and her parents and her Nana and another friend who dropped by helped make the above pice of art. We've been putting down butcher paper over her activity table, and Bella has been going nuts with it! She enjoys the crayons and pens she gets her hands on, but totally loves these fat, round markers that her aunt Lindsey sent her. Bella will hold the marker tip on the paper for a few seconds to get a lot of marker juice on the paper, then use a crayon to "draw" with the puddled marker juice. She's mixing her media, as her mom pointed out.

Hopefully this is the first of many artistic collaborations between Bella and her friends and family!

JULY PHOTOS

Better late than never, here are some more pictures from the Life of Bella in July 2009.




































This last photo was taken a day or two after Bells fell at school and got a nice scab on her forehead. She is wearing a dress that her Aunt and Uncle Avett brought back from Vietnam for her. And she's wearing beads that she found somewhere or another.