{"id":1150,"date":"2009-05-12T09:49:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T16:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2009-05-13T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-13T16:09:02","slug":"the-joy-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leina loves books. \u00a0Loves them! \u00a0She’s finally reached the stage where she can move beyond picture books which is very exciting. \u00a0She still likes a nice illustration or two but it’s all about the story now. \u00a0As I read, I like to sneak peaks at her face. \u00a0Usually, she’s staring off into space, her eyes unfocused, and I can just see the wheels in her head turning as she changes the words I read into pictures in her mind. \u00a0I love it!<\/p>\n

\"Milly<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Leina is drawn to stories about old-fashioned girls doing everyday tasks. \u00a0I think she imagines herself in their shoes, sharing their adventures. \u00a0Her current favorite is Milly Molly Mandy. \u00a0I have never read these stories so they are new to me as well but oh are they sweet! \u00a0 Milly-Molly-Mandy wanders about her little town having the simplest fun with her little friends. \u00a0There are no real morals to the stories and there is no drama. \u00a0No bad-guys or scary bits. \u00a0Just a sweet little girl going about her everyday life. \u00a0 There are so many formulaic books out there for little girls and they are so dreadfully boring! \u00a0The whole fairy series makes my teeth grind every time I read one. \u00a0They are just plug and chug novels with a very slight twist done over and over and over. \u00a0Substitute colors for jewels for pets for flowers for instruments and print. \u00a0Ugh. \u00a0I can’t stand reading these books. \u00a0There is no charm and I am very, very big on charm. \u00a0Milly-Molly-Mandy? \u00a0Charm to spare baby!<\/p>\n

Now I just need to find more old-fashioned stories for me old-fashioned girl. \u00a0Faires, you can rest in peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leina loves books. \u00a0Loves them! \u00a0She’s finally reached the stage where she can move beyond picture books which is very exciting. \u00a0She still likes a nice illustration or two but it’s all about the story now. \u00a0As I read, I like to sneak peaks at her face. \u00a0Usually, she’s staring off into space, her eyes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-leina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Kqhb-iy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}