With Christmas and Lydia’s birthday just days a part we have a few new books lying around the house. I’ve enjoyed reading these new books and “getting to know them”! So, I thought I’d share them with you today!
Let’s see, here’s Asa’s Christmas stash:
Richard Scarry’s The Adventures of Lowly Worm
If you can believe it, this is our first Richard Scarry book! I don’t know how that happened. As I was looking through the bookstore I found this one and knew Asa would love it because poor Lowly worm breaks his leg (do worms have legs?) and has to get a cast. Asa had a cast this summer and can spot them a mile away!
So far I really like it because of the family element. Everyone is polite to the parents, calling adults Mr. and Mrs., asking for permission and things like that. And I love the multitude of pictures on every page!
I found this one for $1 at one of those clearance-outlet type bookstores. I’m so glad I did! This one is an adorable rhyme about a mom who asks his son if he’d like to sleep like all different animals–in the mud, in the ocean, in a tree, etc. He finally says, “I want to sleep in a bed!” They pray at the end and thank God for making the little boy unique. We love this one!
Super Ace and the Space Traffic Jam
I got this one because we call Asa “Ace” all the time. And it’s such a boy book, I couldn’t pass it up. But I’m not loving it. It’s about a bumbling Super Hero (Ace) who tries to stop a traffic jam in his own power. His geeky sidekick ends up fixing it. And supposedly it’s because of God’s wisdom. I don’t know. I thought it was a stretch. I’m not discounting it. Asa may love it when he’s a little bigger. It was just ok.
And how could I forget about The Turtle and the Frog? Our new favorite! {Click to see our fun crafts and activities with this book!}
And Lydia’s…
Big Thoughts for Little People
I’ve already told you about my love for this book. We read “O” last night. It was for “obey”. Yup. You’re gonna wanna buy that one. We’ll be starting our big unit on this one next week with the letter A!
I adore Lauren Child’s art and found this book for Lydia about a year ago on clearance. It’s a fall-in-love-with-the-handsome-prince Princess story. So, it’s not one we’re going to read in heavy doses. What’s funny is that for some unknown reason, Asa found another version of Princess and the Pea in one of his bedtime storybooks and I read it the other night. It was so horrible and superficial that it made Lauren Child’s version seem positively empowering!
Lydia has really fallen in love with Madeline. And she’s always loved audio books. So, I got her this one. Now I’m kind of regretting it because I realized we already have 2 copies of it. And we don’t have any copies of The Gardener or the Journey. And those are the BEST audio books ever!
And her birthday books…
I had to get this one because it’s her Golden Birthday (5 on the 5th!) and we had a Tangled party!
This book is gorgeous! It’s a poem of all the things Rapunzel can do with her hair. The illustrations are what really make it though–they are more whimsical than the movie and kind of water-color-ish. The illustrator is the granddaughter of Bill Keene who did Family Circus!
We used this book as an guest book at her birthday party. I love seeing all the well-wishes and autographs of our friends and family!
Another Tangled book…What? We had a ! I couldn’t resist!
And these two books I found on clearance at Christmastime…
We have really been experiencing this one since we’ve had 6 inches of snow and ice for the past 4 days! Our favorite snow activity so far is not sledding or snowmen, it’s been spray painting the snow with water and food coloring!
A Gaggle of Geese and a Clutter of Cats
This is written by one of my faves–Dandi Daley Mackall. It’s a hilarious poem about all the words used to describe a group of animals. But the illustrations are puns on the words–so the litter of kitties? Cats sitting on a litter like an Egyptian princess! The funniest one is the pod of dolphins listening to an iPod and the gang of deer with their gold chains and sunglasses on!
So, what books did your kids get for Christmas? Which ones are you enjoying now?
I did a “princess text set” (to explore the variety of princess books available) when I was an elementary ed. major in college and saw the Princess and the Pea book then. It’s a fairly standard story, but the pictures are SO interesting!
I know, the pictures are much better than the story. And in the back, there’s a few pages of “behind the scenes”. It’s really interesting. I love Lauren Child!
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i read two library books with my little girl this morning that made me CRY they were so beautiful:
tell me about the day you were born
and
selina and the bear paw quilt.
lovely.
oooh, I’ll check them out! I love finding beautiful books! Thanks for commenting!
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What a collection of great books! I love the variety of titles.
Thanks for linking to Read.Explore.Learn. I Stumbled this post.
I love to find new books. I plan to look for The Dragon and the Turtle!
Catching up on neglected links after my family’s sickest month on record! Thanks for linking up at Feed Me Books Friday!
Snug as a Bug looks fun – and my guy is just getting interested in those early readers. Wish I’d spotted that bargain too!