Flashback

My daughter and I finished reading our first chapter book together, E.B. White's classic "Stuart Little". In fact, after reading two chapters a night and finishing it over a week, we read it again!

Stuart Little is a mouse born to the Little family in New York. He loves adventure and seeks to explore the big world around him through toy boats, model cars and flights with birds.

This story brings me back to my childhood, although now I obviously have a grown up take on it. My daughter enjoyed the story, especially the parts with Margalo the bird. I was a bit critical of a few parts and out of date points in the story...

- Stuart asking for a "nip of brandy" after spending the night in the fridge
- characters smoking in the story
- Stuart runs away and does not tell his family where he is, the story ends and his family is never mentioned
- Stuart meets a girl of his own size and then sulks throughout their blind date ( I kind of liked him for this, but felt sorry that he could have missed out on the love of his life!)
- when Stuart's canoe is destroyed on the blind date, he tells the girl something along the lines of " a woman can never understand these kind of things"

This book is certainly a classic and makes for an entertaining read! We are now onto our next series of chapter books " The Rainbow Fairies". I do not have high expectations from these...no one can outdo E.B. White!