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No doubt when it comes to the weather where we live, it's either feast of famine.
Consider this statistic that Dan passed along to me for Tulsa for the past two months:
 The first 16 days of July we picked up 5.76" of rain.
 The first 16 days of August… a whopping ZERO.
So far this month we haven't see any rain showers…
HOWEVER … we have been privy to a pretty cool Meteor Shower.
Last week we were blessed with several days of shooting stars (and I am not talking about the PGA Championship!).
The Annual Perseid Meteor shower peaked last weekend, and it didn't disappoint. We had hundreds of meteors zipping through our skies for days. Dan, George, George ( yes, we now have 2 Georges!) and I mentioned it tons on the news, and I hope you had an opportunity to get out and witness it.
I sure did. While watching the meteors flying through our skies, I was standing near a father and his sweet 5 year old daughter. I couldn't help but listen and smile to her "oohing and ahhing" while watching what she called "the magical flashes of light".
Mother Nature is indeed magical… and the magic of that night (even though, yes, there is a science behind a Meteor Shower) made me think of this week's book.
It's….
"The Rainbabies" by Laura Krauss Melmed
( Also the author of the best selling book "I Love You As Much".)
The Rainbabies is a sweet folk tale that tells the story of a childless couple who, in the magic of a moonshower find a dozen tiny babies in the grass. The little babies take the couple on some big adventures, and despite their tough times, their unconditional love is rewarded in the end. This would be a great story to read with your child. It's beautifully illustrated, and worth the time.
Since I chose this book because of its astronomy influence, this might be a good week to talk with your little ones about Space and Beyond.
I have two great ways to do this:
First NASA has a great kids website: www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html. It's super kid friendly, and when it comes to the skies, who better to turn to than NASA?
My second thought is to take a field trip to Tulsa's Air and Space Museum. It's inside a huge hangar across from the Tulsa Zoo and is rich with examples of our area's aviation history. Right next door sits and a planetarium. Been there, done that, and it's so much fun. For more info on that one, go to www.tulsaairandspacemuseum.com/.
It might be a good weekend to pick this book up... the clouds are creeping in, and it appears rain may be on the way!
Happy Reading!
Julie
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