First!

I've struggled to figure out what to review first, it seems like there is so much riding on those first impressions you make of me and my tastes.  I decided to go old school... REALLY old school.  like, Kindergarten old, more than 20 years ago old.

I'm going to start off by reviewing the very first book that I ever read on my own, Three Goats by Margaret Hillert (totally amazed that I found it on amazon, too!)  I still own the copy that I read, even.  It's a simple book, of course.  Not much to the plot in the words, although the illustrations help to tell the story:  the goats want to cross a bridge, but a "funny thing" wants to eat them instead.  they run run run and jump jump jump, and end up knocking the funny thing into the water.

Some of the words in the story are much more difficult than I had expected, at 5.  'The' is a weird word.  it does not look like it sounds!  I remember stumbling on that word multiple times.  also, what 5 year old beginning to read knows the word 'sometime'?  seriously, compound words?  that's crazy!

I'm trying like crazy to find my FAVORITE book as a very young child, Tippu Joins In.  I found a youtube video of the story being animated, but no signs of the book just yet.  I'll keep looking, though.  That book was awesome, I had it completely memorized!

*edit, I FOUND IT!*

alright, book review conclusion:  The Three Goats left a lot of story development to be desired, but I give it a pass.  It was the first book I sounded-out and read for myself (rather than knowing the words by memorization, as with Tippu), and thus started my love of reading!