Mondays are interesting around here — People are working, doing homework, and reading. Today’s reading made me think of science for some reason, and how knowledge can be fun.

I read The Wolf, the Duck, & the Mouse by Mac Barnett. Mr. Barnett is always so clever with his storytelling skills, and he got me giggling again. “Early one morning, a mouse met a wolf, and he was quickly gobbled up.” End of story, right? Not quite.

See, there’s already a duck that has made a home in the wolf’s belly. The mouse and the duck made such a ruckus inside the wolf that the wolf got a stomach ache. A hunter then hears the wolf, and sets up to shoot. I can’t give the story away, but I promise you’ll be amused. The ending is also a surprise. Genius.

A twisted tale about predators and prey with a load a laughs. You’ll never think of hunting the same way again. (Good thing.) By the way, the illustrations with familiar bright eyed-animals created by Jon Klassen make The Wolf, the Duck, & the Mouse another Barnett/Klassen classic. A good book for a long winter’s night.

Now I’m re-reading A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck. I revisit this one every Christmas season. I just can’t get enough of Mrs. Dowdel.

And if we have a snow day tomorrow (supposedly there’s a chance with all the “Lake Effect Snow” coming), I’m ready.