Last week's initial offering of Story Time with Zoë was a resounding success. Dr. Seuss is an all-time favorite of mine and Green Eggs and Ham still ranks as one of my top choices. All of my kids seem to like his works and I find that the rhyming and meter of his stories lends itself to not only an engaging active listen but also encouraging early reading. It helps that the stories are fun, timeless and bring to mind some of my most fond childhood memories. We could read a Seuss book every day and scarcely grow tired of the story. It is pure joy to be able to pass that on to my children.

This week's story also reminds me of my youth, of times when what was going on in the world around me didn't matter because there was a little place nothing short of utopia deep within the heart of the city. A place where I could lose myself and become a part of someone else's wonderful world learning to read, count and bang a drum like an animal. Wait, animal was a Muppet. Anyway, I'm talking about Sesame Street. Good times! (Disclaimer: I find it very difficult to watch Sesame Street as an adult. That fuzzy red guy's voice is like fingers on a chalk board and just the thought of having to sit through an episode today makes me long for a pile of laundry or a trip to the dentist.) That being said, kids love Sesame Street! And, this is Story Time with Zoë not Story Time with the Cynic That is Zoë's Dad. She gets to pick the books, not me.

This week's edition of Story Time with Zoë is from the Sesame Street collection of stories, It's Not Easy Being Big, a story about how Bird Bird finds out that sometimes being big is not as easy as one would expect. Sorry, Darren. Zia wasn't finished with our only copy of Huck Finn and wasn't willing to share. We'll work on Huck--and sharing a little bit later.

Click to listen to Zoe read "It's Not Easy Being Big"

So there you have it, this week's story. I hope you enjoyed it. I know Zoë enjoys reading them!

Posted with permission from Zoe's Dad

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