Who Is Coming To Our House? by Joseph Slate is one of those books I can’t believe I haven’t already featured here at Hope Is the Word. We purchased this in board book format for our girls on Lulu’s third and Louise’s second Christmas. Now the boys are enjoying it just as much as the girls ever did, and it’s a sweet and familiar walk down memory lane for the girls. Like any good preschooler story, this one is full of rhyme and repetition. The title question is repeated on every few pages, and the stable animals answer with what they’ll do to prepare for the visitors. Mouse answers with a very mysterious “Someone, someone,” so when the last two page spreads reveal that it is indeed Mary and Joseph who are coming to “our house,” it’s a very sweet resolution. It’s one of those books that is easily memorized, so the DLM loves for me to ask him the question so he can answer in his quietest Mouse voice–“Someone, someone.” Ashley Wolff‘s illustrations are just right for the story and audience; some of them even favor woodcuts. Highly Recommended. (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1988)
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