Library Success

Tomorrow we are headed to the library and we will be returning the following:

Amish Horses, by Richard Ammon
Carl's Summer Vacation, by Alexandra Day
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House, by Erica Silverman
Don't Fidget a Feather, by Erica Silverman
Draw Me a Star, by Eric Carle
Follow Carl, by Alexandra Day
Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry, collected by J. Yolen & A. F. Peters
Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny, by Jan Karon
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine, by Robert McCloskey
River Parade, by Alexandra Day

Robert McCloskey, Alexandra Day, and Erica Silverman are quickly becoming some of our favorite authors!  Books by these authors not only hold the attention of all three of the older kiddos, but also keep Mommy coming back for more, too!  The Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series is cute as can be, and has the added bonus of being about a horse -- something that automatically gets an eager audience in this house.  Robert McCloskey's books are timeless and have such an air of peace and simplicity about them.  And I love the Carl books simply because they give the kids a chance to tell the story on their own!

This was our second time to check out Jeremy: The Tale of an Honest Bunny, and we loved it just as much the second time around as the first.  This book is definitely going on our Christmas wish list!  One afternoon I came in to the living room to find that Corbin had dragged one of my kitchen chairs in there and flipped it upside down so that he could stand on the seat part and hold onto the legs of it.  I asked him what he was doing, and he said, "I'm sailing to America!!  Like Jeremy, Mom!"  Well, it must have been rough seas, because that kitchen chair is now in need of repair ... but at least Corbin had a great adventure! :)

The only books that didn't get a lot of attention this time around were Here's a Little Poem and Amish Horses.  Wait, that is not true.  Amish Horses was enjoyed by Corbin many times for the great illustrations of horses, but we really didn't read it through but once.  Here's a Little Poem was alright, but just wasn't really the type of poetry that we have grown to love over here.  I guess I'm just partial to the rich children's poetry that can be found in books like Now We Are Six.


I am working on our library list as I type (as well as nursing a baby and trying to calm a frustrated toddler     ... so goes a day in the life!), so I will check back in soon with what we find tomorrow.