Even though I didn't do a lesson plan, I'll count this because of the number of words it had per page.

I chose this for the interesting cover, and because I wanted to work with the kiddos on something about spring, which was the librarian's idea as well (we always start out on preschool library day where she reads a couple books to them as a group, and then we each work with a preschooler individually).

This book is silly and has a really good story to it, which is not something I've found with all picture books. Like the child I was working with, I was excited to finish it. It's the type of book that really draws you in, and (hopefully) fosters an early love of reading and the idea of reading to think about things. It also had a very good message about friendship.

I was actually surprised about the number of words per page, and how long the book was in general. I'm not used to picture books being this wordy. I was also surprised that the three year old kid wanted to stick with it. However, he seemed to really enjoy and get a lot out of it, and I was happy I made the right choice for today.

I'm honestly surprised my parents never read me this one when I was a kid. I definitely would have remembered it if so!