Like many kids, my son has always loved books. Not only does he love to get lost in a story, who can deny that it is appealing to postpone the moment of bedtime and turning off the light with a story read by mom or dad?

Tonight’s chosen story was The Three Spinning Fairies, A Tale from the Brothers Grimm, retold by Lisa Campbell Ernst. The editorial review from Publishers Weekly on Amazon claims that the “wry text and busy pictures contribute equally to the humor of this rollicking retelling.” And rollicking it was. My son’s favorite part was that there is actually a fairy named Bob, and that at one point the princess-to-be exclaims “Hot diggety dog!”. He liked the pictures and he liked the fact that it was a story that he hadn’t heard before – at least not that version of the classic story.

That was about all the feedback I could wrangle out of him tonight. At nine years old, he prefers to drink the story in, but critique it afterwards? Not so much.

What are you reading at bedtime at your house?