The House in the Meadow

My 5 year old loves the book The House in the Meadow (by Shutta Crum) and tonight, after I finished reading this book to him, he decided to read it to himself. We caught it on video and thought we would share it with you. (actual words are listed below). As you can tell, I use different voices while reading the book.

The House in the Meadow
Over in the meadow, it was springtime when.....
a bride and a groom and their best friends 10.
"And now...." said the couple. "A house!" said the 10.
So they planned though the year, and when spring came again.....

Over in the meadow, with a bucket big and fine,
shoveled Charlie with a backhoe and strong diggers 9.
"Dig!" said Charlie. "We dig," said the 9.
So they dug and dumped dirt with a bucket big and fine.

Over in the meadow, beside forms strong and straight,
Peter mixed concrete with his messy masons 8.
"Pour!" said Peter. "We pour," said the 8.
So they poured the concrete into forms strong and straight.

Over in the meadow, big carpenter Keven
sawed up the lumber with his ready team of 7.
"Build!" said Kevin. "We build," said the 7.
So they built sturdy walls with carpenter Kevin.

Over in the meadow, at the spot marked with sticks,
worked Cindy with a rig and muddy drillers 6.
"Drill!" said Cindy. "We drill," said the 6.
So they drilled down for water at the spot marked with sticks.

Over in the meadow, with shingles by the drive,
climbed Calvin to the roof with his good roofers 5.
"Hammer!" said Calvin. "We hammer," said the 5.
So the hammered on shingles that were stacked by the drive.

Over in the meadow, putting pipes through the floor,
Florence used her wrench and apprentices 4.
"Plumb!" said Florence. "We plumb," said the 4.
So they joined all the pipes going through the new floor.

Over in the meadow, testing lights carefully,
wired John the electrician and his trained crew of 3.
"Connected?" asked John. "Connected!" said the 3.
So they switched on the power in the house carefully.

Over in the meadow, in the last room to do,
Kellie rolled on paint with her new helpers 2.
"Use blue," said Kellie. "For the baby!" said the 2.
So they used blue paint in the last room to do.

Over in the meadow, to see if everything was done,
came the top town official with Inspector Number 1.
"Look!" said the husband. "I'll look," said the 1.
So he looked and he listed. Everything was done!

Over in the meadow, by the house, in the sun,
waved the wife and the husband and their new little one.
"Home!" said the couple. "You're home," said everyone.
Then they lived in the meadow, in their house that was done!