Bedtime reading
Bedtimes are later these days, with the boys picking out different books every night - though it’s D who chooses, and M kind of gurgles along happily. Goodnight Moon is one of the favourites. Then there’s Tiger on a Tree; one of the Clifford books about the dogs making leaf piles. A recent favourite is a Children’s Book Trust book of illustrations by Badri Narayan. And all kinds of other books.
For D, reading is practically the same as singing. “Please, Amma, sing this book…”
Bedtime music is mostly Rahman or one of the Worldspace channels. M likes the Dill 6 soundtrack, especially the Genda Phool song.
On the New Yorker’s books blog, Ligaya Mishan has a post about bedtime reading here.
