The Library

We try to make regular treks to the public library. We had fallen out of the habit for a while and went 3 weeks ago. We picked out 8 books and found 4 that were real treasures! The classics are classic for a reason. Madeline is endearing, simple, and tender. You are allowed a lot of imagination and treated to some beautiful scenes of Paris. Madeline is character of a girl- even though we only learn about her in a few lines. Both of my kids loved reading madeline and requested it over and over! We picked up It's Hard to Be Five at the request of one of my blog readers. I can't thank you enough! This book opened my eyes to some of Teagan's behavior and I think it helped her see that she can control the urges and feelings that have been burbling up.

Smash! Crash! was a book I picked up on a whim and kept because it had big trucks so I knew Zach would enjoy it. Both kids loved it! It's a whole little town on truck characters- we intend to look up other titles. We had great fun reading this book and the kids would really get into the smash and crash parts. One morning, Jeff and kids lined up various trucks in the living room and the acted out the book! Truly a fun read!

Ken's Cloud was another book that I just happened to pick up and it is a sweet and creative little tale about a little boy who is bored with his toys so he finds a cloud to come and play in his room. Very imaginative.

We had to return our books on Saturday and didn't have a chance to go in and pick up new books. But we did enjoy some of the books our of our very large home collection at bedtime last night. I'm starting a list of books to look for when we next visit the library. Top of the list is The Story of Ferdinand.

Help me build my list! What other fantastic books should we look for?