books, books, and more books

by photochick~ I am a sucker for a good book. Add to that a good book for my punkin and there's very little hope of resisting on my part. And by very little, I mean, NONE. It's a sickness. A serious obsession.

For all of these reasons I AVOID bookstores like the plague. Now that I'm teaching there's one more evil opportunity that literally comes to your doorstep . . . the book fair. The evil, evil book fair. I've done well all year by, you've got it, AVOIDING it. I accidentally walked in the library the other day when the evil thing was there. All set up around the library with all of its pretties, just calling my name.

I looked around, but didn't have my checkbook so I succeeded at leaving with no money spent. No books in my hand. Success! The only problem is that I couldn't forget about those dang books and before the week was over I was back at the fair like an alcoholic in a bar paying for those very books that I had just resisted. The good news is that when I walked to the checkout with my (only) two books I was surprised to find out that everything was 50% off. Score! So of course like a good book-a-holic, I went back and got just one more.

Pirates Don't Change Diapers- a cute little book that I thought would be good for Punkin as we try to prepare him for the addition of a new baby brother. It's pretty hilarious.

  

Firebears The Rescue Team- because he loves firemen. And now he loves this book. It wasn't a big leap.

On Noah's Ark- a twist on the typical rendition of Noah's Ark because it is written from the point of view of Noah's grandaughter. It was a great follow-up to our recent study of Noah's Ark. It was a bit pricey because it's a really nice hardcover edition, but it features beautiful illustrations and a timeless Bible lesson. It will no doubt be one of those books that Punkin pulls out for his kids one day. I can only hope.

Over and out.

~The book-a-holic

Comments

[April Thornton]

haha! i used to work for that evil book fair and it was the best job ever! i got to read and talk about books every day...i also love that jan brett book. i have a couple of her books stored away. can't resist the illustrations :)
~ a fellow book-a-holic

[socialchick]

What the heck Mrs. April Thornton decide to finally comment! lol!

[amy]

I need some recomendations. We need some new books. We love trains,trucks,woowoo's (any emergency vehicle., we are scared of the dark a little, and facinated with babies (baby animals and human babies especially);o)

[damaris]

i love love love the pirate books..that one and "How I Became A Pirate".... great way for kids to enjoy books..

and can I help it, if we can teach voice, ideas, and plenty of other yummy writing skills? :)

[uncommonblonde]

Are you sure we're not long lost twins? Sometimes it freaks me out how much we have in common. I get in big trouble in bookstores, I want everything! I also got a little book crazy with the scanner in Target when I was doing my baby registry :)

[Jessica W.]

I get a little book crazy around holidays. I like to read so I guess I think everyone likes it too...well at least Mckenzie does.

[singerchick]

Looks like you chose some good ones. You can't go wrong with good books.