For Monday -- Reading a Picturebook

Last night I read one of my new favorite picturebooks to Alex and our friend, J: Queen Munch and Queen Nibble. It went fantastically well, seeing as we're all in our mid-twenties, huddled around in our friends apartment. Their reactions were wonderful, and I also enjoyed the storytelling. It takes multiple readings and the accumulation of time to get the voices down just so. At a few points in the stories, the voices started to take shape: a little husky and boisterous for Queen Munch, hushed and a bit uptight for Queen Nibble, proud for the Important Reader, casual and laidback for Goodnurse Scrubadub. More readings are needed, but they are on their way.