LIbrary Card Upgrade

Our library has a limit of 15 items per card, which is entirely inadequate for as many books as we read.  All of the kids are still too young to get cards, so one Saturday we took Daddy to the library and he got a card, as well.  After his first trial check-out of 5 books, we now have a total family limit of 30 books! YAY!  Although, I must say that 29 books and three toddlers was a lot to wrangle into the car for this prego Momma -- but it is worth it!

We returned everything that we had (with a few last reads of Sam & the Tigers last night to say "Goodbye!"), and here is what we brought home this morning:

FOR THE KIDS:

• Rosie's Walk, by Pat Hutchins
• The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss & illustrated by Crockett Johnson
• The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Stephen Mitchell & paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
• The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg
• Lentil, by Robert McCloskey
• Ira Sleeps Over, by Bernard Waber
• The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson, translated from the Danish by Anthea Bell & pictures by Robert Ingpen
• Olivia, by Ian Falconer
• An Amish Christmas, by Richard Ammon & illustrated by Pamela Patrick
• The Snowman Storybook, by Raymond Briggs
• Newbery Girls: Selections from Fifteen Newbery Award-Winning Books Chosen Especially for Girls, compiled by Heather Dietz
• Ox-Cart Man, by Donald Hall & pictures by Barbara Cooney
• Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban & pictures by Lillian Hoban
• Tikki Tikki Tembo, retold by Arlene Mosel & illustrated by Blair Lent
• George and Martha, by James Marshall
• Frog and Toad Together, by Arnold Lobel
• Chester the Worldly Pig, by Bill Peet
• Katie and the Sunflowers, by James Mayhew
• The Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack & Kurt Wiese
• Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny, by Jan Karon
• Winnie the Pooh and Some Bees, by A.A. Milne & with decorations by Ernest H. Shepard

FOR MOM:

• Caroline Feller Bauer's New Handbook for Storytellers: With Stories, Poems, Magic, and More, illustrated by Lynn Gates Bredeson
• Parenting by The Book: Biblical Wisdom for Raising Your Children, by John Rosemond
• The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
• Dr. Monessori's Own Handbook:  A Short Guide to Her Ideas and Materials, by Maria Montessori
• The Tale Spinner:  Folktales, Themes, and Activities, by Linda K. Garrity
• The Way We Talk Now:  Commentaries on Language and Culture, by Geoffrey Nunberg
• Speaking Freely:  A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley, by Stuart Berg Flexner & Anne H. Soukhanov
• The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes:  Exploring Over 500 Rhymes, Songs, and Riddles, edited by Iona and Peter Opie

I know we'll be able to easily breeze through the kids' books before they are due, but my head is spinning just looking at my stack!  I have to make sure not to slack on housework because of the temptation of so many good books to delve into!  Renewing will have to be my friend :o)