Library Books We Love

Hi Everyone! Happy Thursday!

My kids love, love, love books. And as a cost-savings measure (and to get us out of the house on a regular basis), a lot of what we read are library books. The kids pick their own new batch every Tuesday (although sometimes we hold favorites over a week or two). Because they pick, we get a totally random assortment, over half of which on any given week I don't particularly like. Lately we've gotten a lot of good books, though, and I wanted to share. And so without further ado:

• Uncle Bigfoot--A kid's uncle comes to visit and the big question is...Is he a bigfoot? The evidence goes both ways. The cool thing about this book is his parents are totally into stuff like bigfoot, they have books on their shelves about crop circles and vampires, there are family vacation pictures from Roswell, etc. And you never really get the answer as to whether the uncle is a bigfoot or not, which is cool
• Pillow Pup--Super cute illustrations and rhyming text about a dog and a cute little girl trying to lay claim to a pillow. When you ask Luke what he wants to read, as often or not he'll say, "Pillow Pup!!!" at the top of his voice
• Monster Mess--This is one we probably shouldn't have taken back to the library on Tuesday, as Sissy keeps asking for it, and then when I don't have it she says, "Monster Mess hiding!" It's a book about a monster who cleans up a little boy's room in the dead of night. It's taught the kids words like "Yikes!" and "Ick!" This is my favorite of the bunch...may need to become part of our permanent collection
• Airplanes--I can't find this online anywhere, it's an older book with photographs and descriptions of airplanes. I got this before I went to Boston to try to explain to the kids what I was doing. "Momma's going to fly on a big plane," I'd tell them. "Momma's going to Boston." Sissy would say, "Sissy fly big plane." And, "Luke come too." "Someday," I'd tell them. I think it'll be fun to take them on an airplane trip one of these days, knock on wood...
• Chicken and Cat--Pictures only, a story about a cat coming to NYC to visit his friend chicken. I don't know how I feel about just-picture books in general, but I really like this one. It's fun to make up a slightly different story each time
• Firefighters A to Z--The kids have been obsessed with firefighters since we went to the firehouse a few months ago. This book was a big hit
• "No" Said Joe--This book's fun because each page the little boy either says, "No!" or "Yes!" and Luke especially likes to narrate that part of the story (always with great enthusiasm...it's so cute...
• No Fits, Nilson--A little girl, Amelia, and her gorilla (real-looking throughout the story, but he's a stuffed animal at the end) and how they control their temper tantrums. I especially love the illustrations here...Amelia has the cutest outfits and accessories, and she has bangs which are soooooo adorable. (Sissy now has bangs like Amelia)
• Meet Wild Boars--Horace, Doris, Boris and Morris are terrible house guests. I love the humor in this book...it's for adults as much as kids
• Once a Mouse--A story of a man turning a mouse into a cat a dog a tiger, until the mouse gets too big for his britches. A simple story with a good moral

I'll do a review again once we have another good batch of books on our hands...

Also, I've been thinking about playing around with writing some children's books myself (in all my spare time, ha, ha, ha)...something I've never tried...think it might be fun...

XOXO