Daniel's FIRST Chapter Book

Last night I decided that it was time to start reading chapter books to Daniel. He loves to be read to and has a pretty good attention span, so I thought I would give it a go.

I chose The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary because:
     A.   We had a new copy on the book shelf;
     B.   The chapters are quite short; and
     C.   Daniel loves vehicles, so I thought a story with a motorcycle would likely interest him.

We put one of his bookplates in the front of the book. And then we sat down with the book and I explained that it was a "big boy" book because it had a lot of words and only a few pictures. I showed him the Table of Contents and we counted the chapters. We started to read. Daniel not only sat through the first chapter, but asked me to read the second chapter as well.

He was so proud to be reading a chapter book (like his big sister, Abby).

After we finished reading, Daniel said he wanted to read his chapter book by himself.

I think he likes his FIRST chapter book! We read chapter three tonight and we are both looking forward to chapter four tomorrow night!