I want KidFish to love reading, so we’re reading lots of interesting, creative books. These are a few of the ones we’re enjoying this week.

1. Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
This book is based on an old French tale about three hungry soldiers who come up with a way to get the townspeople to provide them with a feast.

2.  The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders by Jack Prelutsky
Whimsical rhymes about people and animals, set in such far-flung places as Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and the Grand Canyon.

3. The Empty Pot by Demi
A tale about hard work, courage and honesty.
When a little boy named Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

4. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The story of a train filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that breaks down before reaching the children. After asking several passing trains for help over the hill, a little blue train agrees to help the stranded toys. Even though she is small, the blue train tries her best to bring the toys to the children on the other side of the hill.