Today I decided to share with you the book The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting. This book is great to share, especially with older children (2nd grade and up) because of the plot and it is a little longer.
This story is about a grandmother and her granddaughter spending time together on Wednesday nights. Mom has to work late on Wednesdays, big brother Sam has basketball and dad is out of town driving his truck for work, so grandma comes and takes care of Anna. During their time together they work on a surprise for Dad's birthday. You get a few clues about what the surprise might be like Grandma brings bags of books and they spend hours reading, but you are not totally sure what Anna and Grandma are up to. You begin to think that Grandma is teaching young Anna to read.
Finally, it is time for Dad's birthday. The family eats dinner together and Dad opens up all of his presents. When all of that is through Anna brings out Grandma's bag of books, she pulls one out and it is Grandma that begins reading. The shock of the family and the reader is great, everyone is so proud that Grandma has finally learned to read after all this time and that it was Anna that taught her!
What better book for Read A Book Day- a book that is all about learning to read, no matter how old you are. I have a feeling that Anna did a lot of reading aloud to Grandma to help her finally learn to read!
What book are you reading today to celebrate Read A Book Day?
Happy Reading!
Laura
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