What are you reading to your kids?

Did you know this is the “Read Me Week” in the US? That won’t affect us in other countries that much, but anyway I wanted to blog about what I’m currently reading to my 4yo, but first I’ll share some facts about our book hunting experience.

The fact is that I don’t usually buy a lot of books for him since these imported goods are very expensive for a single mom. However, I still read a lot to him.

In Ecuador we don’t have public libraries with lots of children’s books in every neighborhood, like in some countries (another thing I loved about living in Japan), and even in the larger libraries in the downtown you can’t check out books, so you can only read on site.

How I solved this:

Long ago I’ve found a way we can access a variety of books and media (mostly CDs) for a decent price. I’m a member of the private library in the Alliance Française Quito, that allows us to check out 3 books, 5 magazines, 2 CDc and 2DVDs every week. Enough for the 2 of us!

French is not his first nor second language
I really didn’t put much thought about the fact that my son doesn’t understand French (or well, didn’t until I started reading to him in French). My French is not perfect at all- I can read and understand 90% of the content but my pronunciation is not good since I don’t have the chance to practice. But I don’t think I even need to have a perfect pronunciation to be able to enjoy French books with my son.

So what are we reading this week?
Among others, a book we love because it’s a story about a wolf and a cat, both very popular animals for my son.

Have a look at the inside of the book here: Lune

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