books.

remember my 'my life people' series?
i know. it's been a while.

Paula asked me about my top 5 favorite books.

Well. I don’t have a favorite.
or even 5 top favorites.
And if I did. they wouldn’t even be grown up books.
(sorry to cop out of the question… but here is my answer.)

I love picture books.

Love them. A lot.

It’s probably the thing I miss most about teaching.

Being right there in all the newness of great kid books.

the stories.  the characters.  the pictures.

I think it’s safe to say I collect books.

(picture books, that is.)

I don’t buy them new. Surprise.

I garage sale them. Thrift store them.

Accumulate them.

So... here's a list of a few favorites in our home library.

The ones I really really love.

(As in, it will be really hard for me to ever get rid of them.)

I’m sure I missed a ton. And i will feel bad they aren’t on the list.

(and i will add them later. probably.)

Quiet as a Cricket

The Napping House

In My World

No Baths for Tabitha

My Great Aunt Arizona

In the Tall Tall Grass

One Lucky Girl

Marsupial Sue

The Library

We All Sing with the Same Voice

The Old Woman Who Named Things
Annabelle’s Awful Waffle

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Have You Seen Birds?

Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm

Things That Are Most in this World

Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon

A House is a House for me

Roberto the Insect Architect

There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon

A Fish out of Water

I was a 2nd grade Werewolf

The Pain and the great one

(Anything by David Shannon….)

Alice the Fairy

No David

Bad Case of the Stripes

(Lots of Kevin Henkes too…)

Lilly and the purple plastic purse
Julius, the baby of the world

The Bad Good Manners Book

(Jamie Lee Curtis has lots of fun ones…)

When I Was Little
Maisie

There’s one I want to add to our collection.

One book I remember loving when I was little…

And Rain Makes Applesauce.

I’m not sure if we had this book growing up or not.

Or if it was just a book that I loved.

I remember being infatuated with the illustrations.

So much that I remember it still today.

I can still see the pictures in my head.

I’ve been reading and hearing things all over the place about picture books going out of style. Literally. That makes me so so sad.

I enjoy technology as much as the average person.

But come on? No more books!?!
Books should never be replaced.
I can’t imagine a world without them.

We will be supporting out local libraries on the November ballot.

Hope you support yours.

And to prove I do read books for grown ups.

Here’s a little stack.

Garage sale, loaned, and gifted books.

I’m lucky if I read 2 a year.
I like to pass them on when I’m done.
Whoever wants The Notebook and Running with Scissors can have them.

i'd love to know what you are reading.
for yourself.

or to you kids.