The Blog Post With No Pictures

      (Recently, both Ari E's mom and Yoni's mom shared a book with us, The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak.  That book, and their reading of it, has inspired me to write this Blog Post With No Pictures.)

     We love sitting in the Big Library, enjoying the company of our Mystery Readers.  We listen intently as our guests read a picture book.  The parents, or grandparents, are careful to hold the book so all of us can enjoy the illustrations. 

     However, this was not the case with The Book With No Pictures.  The readers didn't need to turn the book this way and that; it didn't matter.  There was nothing but the text to look at.

     As a child, would you have enjoyed listening to a story, with no pictures to engage you?  The Kitah Gimmel children did.  They heard the story twice, from two different parents, on two different occasions and they paid attention both times.

     As an adult, would you enjoy reading a blog post with no pics of your children?  If so, continue on . . .

     A few weeks ago, we began sharing the story of Yosef and his coat of many colors.  We had picture books to aid in the telling of the story, a home-made paper bag puppet and some magnetized story-board pieces.

     We continued the story at lunch.  I took no photos of the children as we continued on with the story.  Can you imagine this picture:  each and every child was fully engaged in the telling of the story.  Each one leaned forward, stopped chewing on their sandwiches, and stared at the Morah.

     Incredible!  A group of three-and four-year-olds engrossed in a Parsha story.  "What happens next?" the children asked. The group was curious to hear more.  Their questions were thought-provoking, as well.  Why did Yosef's brothers behave this way?  Why were they jealous?  Could the brothers and Yosef be friends again?

     So , dear parents, I wanted to share this info with you.  Your children love all kinds of stories.   Of course, you already knew this.  You will not see a photo today of your children enjoying our recent retelling of the Parsha.  However,  you should be able to imagine it, much like your children imagined "pictures" when listening to The Book With No Pictures.

Morah Susan