Touch and Feel: Fire Engine Book

I'd read this book to my son few times. The most recent read at bedtime, he asked me to read it again two additional times. At preschool they're looking for the sight word "my" and Eli took joy in finding the words he recognized. What Eli enjoyed most was the narrative voices of the characters. I would read with emphasis and he would repeat what I said. The repetitions in the voice of the pig and the fun playfulness and aggression of the Fox lead to an enjoyable read for a parent and child with changing mood and tone. It is also worth while that this book has a complex theme in that the pig is purposely tricking the Fox. The book does not beat you over the head with the lesson that it is dangerous to trick in this way, but Eli and I had a good conversation about how many times something dangerous can be done without serious repercussions. Reading literature like this to children is not only fun and develops reading skills and speaking skills, but it also helps us to learn lessons without having to make other people's mistakes. Seeing the pig trick the Fox is funny to children, but this also opens up the opportunities to talk about risk and reward with children. I'm glad I got the chance to read this with Eli and then we got to discuss what it might mean to "play with fire" more than once.