Abstract
One of my favourite ways to spend a cold winter day is sitting on the couch with one child on each side and possibly a third on my lap while reading stories. But with a daughter (5) who loves princess stories, and a son (3) who rates stories based on the quality of trucks in them, it can be difficult to find a story that we will all enjoy over and over. However, since we first read "The Adventures of Arkie the Archaeopteryx" by Ryan Jaroncyk and "The Oxpecker and the Giraffe: I Need You and You Need Me" by Patrick Fitzpatrick, they both have asked for these stories again and again¡­ much to my own delight.