Paddington goes to Town
By Michael Bond
This week's book was a book the hubby and I read to the kids in the car over the holidays. We have a lot of people and places we need to get to over the holidays. All but one of our Christmas celebrations are at least an hour away, and the farthest is over eight hours away in Iowa.
I wanted to start the trend of reading to the kids during long trips in the car, like my mother did to my sister and I when we were little. Our mom would read from the second we got on the highway, never before, until we got to my grandparents house. We would be in Iowa the full two weeks over Christmas break, with my parents' families both living in Hawkeye land. She would read until she lost her voice.
Our son picked Paddington Goes to Town to read in the in the car. This installment of Paddington was the eighth book in the series. But each book or even chapter of Paddington really doesn't correlate with the previous installment, so there wasn't any feeling of being lost during this book. In fact, I didn't realize that this book was the eighth book in the series until we were two-thirds of the way through.
I will be honest that I may have liked this book better than the original Paddington book. I have a tendency of becoming nervous when the main character gets into trouble; I didn't like the curious George books when I was little because he never got his comeuppance. The same is true about Paddington, I think. But this week's book was much funnier and much less stressful than the original. Paddington still gets himself into some sticky situations, but they are more enjoyable.
I would recommend this book if your child enjoys this marmalade loving bear. I think the new movie is coming out soon as well. I know the film will have nothing to do with this book, but I just wanted to mention that the movie will be out shortly.
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