Bobby the Scholar

Bobby likes to take chapter books to bed with him — he "reads" them after I read to him. An early reading book you ask? Henry Huggins, maybe? Winnie-the-Pooh? Bob has bypassed these classics for more complicated fare. Tonight, after dropping off to sleep, he happened to drop his newest selections: Achebe's Things Fall Apart and C.S. Lewis' Four Loves. When he originally selected Achebe, he paired it with Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. Then, he asked me to suggest a third book: "Umm, I think Tutola would be a complementary pairing, Bob. Its binding is yellow and blue." He went for the Lewis instead. Interesting dynamics — what could be the theme? Religion in the Empire and the colonies? (Re)narrating archetype? :)