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I should practice what I preach and read to my kids at times other than right before bed.  The three-year-old chooses what books we read to him, and they're usually not relaxing stories that are good for winding down.  No, many times these books are funny and require special voices or hand gestures.  The latest one even requires us to rap.

Yeah, I said it.  We rap to our kid.

At least it's an innocent rap about blackberry muffins, and that is literal so get your heads out of the gutter, people!

Over time our precocious child has amassed a wonderful library of Books That Crack Him Up.  Here are a few.

Tacky the Penguin

Mouse Cookies and More:  where you'll find the famous muffin rap, comes with a CD so you don't actually have to read to the kid yourself

Hippos Go Berserk:  This book still makes me laugh when I "go berserk" and so it still makes the boy laugh.