Kids And Parents

There are stories that every child should know, no child left behind. Next time I’try to public my list of such books, but now I’d like to put here the fragmrnt of wellknown book that we are reading now. So…
There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made the lovely world.

They used to say to one another, sometimes, supposing all the children upon earth were to die, would the flowers, and the water, and the sky be sorry? They believed they would be sorry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol down the hill-sides are the children of the water; and the smallest bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars; and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more.

There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the sky before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves. It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others, and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first cried out, “I see the star!” And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down in their beds, they always looked out once again, to bid it good-night; and when they were turning round to sleep, they used to say, “God bless the star!”
(to be continued )

From “Famous Stories Every Child Should Know “
Lisa Jane’s picture as illustration

Hey, guys, are you OK?
“The original paintings used on the UK cover of the second Harry Potter book failed to sell at an auction on Thursday because no one was prepared to pay enough money.

It was thought that the original design for the front cover would go for Ј30,000 - but it remained unsold.

Two other watercolours did sell, but only for their minimum asking price.

The back cover went for Ј4,700 and a painting of the Ford Anglia went for Ј14,100.”

By the way, about “Harry Potter”, it’s the most popular books among Guantanamo prisoners. And one prisoner has requested the movies. What does it mean? There are people everywhere.

I don’t know if the news about teenage girl that has killed herself over fake spoilers of Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows is right. But anyway I could bielive that something like this could be happened. The agiotage around that book becomes everyday occurrence now. And press&media have achieved a big feat for this. But by my opinion the main committers of that terrible story are not in the least the book or it’s author but parents. Parents have not right to be mistaken. If child has an suicidal inclination one has to be next to child every moment at least.

I’d like it were untrue information.

Our noses are very sensitive to strange smell mostly and to our own one less. Usually visiting another home we pay heed to anothe’s smells that could be more or less pleasant. Dont you suppose that one should think about one’s own home scents? First of all must it must be cleanness, neatness, fresh air in your home, nobody doubts that so it is, that’s so we learn our children. But there are some ways to make your home atmosphere more better. It could be Add scented candles introduced a cozy atmosphere of holydays into ypur home. Another good idea is to bake something sweet and tasty using good smelling delicious baked goods as cinnamon or vanilla. You can use pricey sprays at last, why not? Anyway it’s time to give our homes a little help smelling and feeling fresh.

Do you read books to your children? Hope you do. Because it is very important to read and reread books that have predictable, often repetitive passages. For more of us reading aloud is a bedtime tradition.
This is the list of children’s classics that must be read at the appointed age.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Peter Pan by James Barrie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by L.Frank Baum
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (with Tenniel’s illustrations.)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Multimedia)
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (another copy)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Struwwelpeter/Slovenly Peter by Heinrich Hoffmann. Other translations and the German original are also available at 19th-century German Stories site.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The Light Princess by George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea by Lucy M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island by Lucy M. Montgomery
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells