I Thought I’d Want Fewer Titles With My Second Child
#79 Words Are Not For Hurting: Hands Are Not For Hitting was a great book–A message wee folk (and sometimes Biggies too) need to hear, in a format that made it palatable to hear. So I have high hopes for this second one in the series. The preschool set is just learning to “use their words” instead of their teeth, and need a little help figuring out how to do that.
#76 The Wheels on the Bus: The Baby fell in love with this song at the pool this summer, and surprisingly, we don’t have a version of this yet.
#73 We Are the World Pack: I like books that promote tolerance and diversity. It’s an important message to have on the bookshelf, I think.
#23 Go Away Big Green Monster: I guess we’re just about at that stage again. sigh.
#68 A Very Brave Witch: I guess it ‘s time to start thinking about Hallowe’en stories again. This one seems to have a positive message to go with all the witchy fun.
#54 Raising Healthy Eaters: I hate cooking, and I’m not very good at it, so I’m always on the lookout for cookbooks that have healthy, kid friendly recipes in them.
#39 The Letters Are Lost: We have a ton of alphabet books on the shelf already, but I have a weakness for them. This one looks like it sets itself off from the crowd with a travel theme. Could be fun to tuck away until our next trip.
#5 The Busy Body Book: It’s never too early to start promoting healthy exercise habits. Maybe this book will inspire us all to be more active.
#15 Look and Find Little Einsteins: The Baby has a Backyardigans Look and Find that she absolutely adores. I have to confess, though, that while she can pour over it for hours, I’m getting tired of finding the same old things over and over. Maybe this would be a nice change of pace.
#16 Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: I have seen this book around for a few years, but I never end up getting it. I’ve heard great things about it, though, and it did win the Caldecott Medal….
#48 The One-Armed Cook: A cookbook that understands that I don’t have a lot of time or attention or hands free to just whip something fabulous up? I think I’m sold!
We just purchased “Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus” as a gift… again. It’s a favorite here. We discovered Mo Willems’ new books about the elephant (his name is Gerald) and the piggie. Very cute, very clever, very Willems. We have two other large pigeon books, a small pigeon board book, two of the elephant/piggie books (purchased tonight) and his potty book (autographed).