April 2021 Book Reading List

Time marches on. It is now May, and it is now time to report what books I read - to myself, to my son, and to my daughter - in April.

Books I Read to My Children

Books I Read to My Son

I read 32 books to my son last month:

• A Sweet-Smelling Garden
• Are You My Mother?
• Baby Einstein First Words
• Counting Crocodiles
• Dog Breath! Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis
• Fox in Socks
• Friends Ask First
• Goodnight Gorilla
• Green Eggs and Ham
• Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
• How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs?
• How Do I Love You?
• I Am a Rainbow
• I Love You A Rebus Poem
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
• I’ll Never Let You Go
• Inside Outside Upside Down
• It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny
• Just Go to Bed by Mercer Mayer
• Mommy Always Loves You
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
• My Dog Laughs
• My First Touch and Feel Book ABC Alphabet Fun
• Rosita’s Easter on Sesame Street
• Ten Apples Up On Top!
• The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist
• The Kid’s Picture Show Vehicles
• The Monster at the End of This Book
• Where’s Spot?
• Who Do You Love?
• Whose Tools?
• You Are My Sunshine by Caroline Jayne Church

Books I Read to My Daughter

And I read 11 different books to my daughter:

• Baby Einstein First Words
• Fox in Socks
• Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
• How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs?
• How Do I Love You?
• Inside Outside Upside Down
• It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
• My First Touch and Feel Book ABC Alphabet Fun
• You Are My Sunshine by Caroline Jayne Church
• Your Baby’s First Word Will Be Dada

The Books I Read for Me

I finished not one - not two - but three books in April.

That’s right - 3 books in April!

The first book was How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Published in 1936, it contains timeless tips on how to get people to do what you want. Simply put, the only way to get people to do what you want them to do is to get them to want to do it. Of course, implementation is never as easy as the concept.

The second book was Brain Wave by Poul Anderson. In this science fiction book, everyone - no, everything - starts getting smarter. A bit different, but a good read nevertheless.

And the third book was The Middle Ages: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History. Hourly History publishes a bunch of quick reads meant to be read in (you guessed it) one hour. They also give away their books fairly often. You can either look at their Amazon page or check out their blog to see what books they have that are free.