Favorite Books:: Right Now

We love books. That being said, I don't love all books and for the amount of time we spend reading to the boys, I want to make sure that the books in our home are ones that I love to read. Books that really no matter what, if someone asks me to read a certain story, I can honestly say, dropping almost anything that I would love to. You can see my last list here.

Maisie, by Alice Schertle. I love, love this book. I rarely read through it without tears coming to my eyes. I dream of being Maisie. Not only do I love that there in an inherent outdoor living theme, but the matriarch has been very important to me as I have reflected on the death of my grandmother and the boys great grandma... really love, everyone needs to read this book. I was lucky to find mine at a quarter at Transitions in Urbana and it is well loved from a library, so I may be replacing it with another used copy as I would read this book everyday.

I was thrilled when my Aunt gifted You Can Do it, Sam, by Amy Hest. This is such a sweet story about a bear delivering cakes to all of his neighbors for holiday time. It is the book we read on the solstice, before delivering our own gifts of food to neighbors and friends. I found this book after starting this tradition and was so happy to find it. Love the whimsical illustrations.

All in a Day and Market Day by Cynthia McClure. All in a day is beautiful. A simple poem set to beautiful paper cuts. The past is sailing off to sea, the future's fast asleep. A day is all you have to be, it's all you have to keep. Words to parent and live by! This book is a blessing to begin your day.

And Market day is just a lovely book about reminding yourself where all your food comes from. Something my boys love to read about and discuss (don't know where they get it). It is wordy sometimes, but you can shorten it easily.

Another thanks this round to my sister in law, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site changed bedtime for River. I don't know if it was circumstantial, but once we started reading this book every night River seemed to be more ready for sleep. Perhaps it is a book he finally really just related to and loved, maybe it was being 2.5... I don't know but I also love this book. It has great rhythm and flow without having cheesy annoying rhymes. A must for all truck/wheel loving kids.

Sadie's Sukkah Breakfast. Another book that I simply adore. Such a cute story of a brother and sister fixing breakfast for themselves, taking it to the sukah and inviting their friends (stuffed animals). The brothers name is Ori, which was my pick for River and you can just feel that the sweetness of these children.

And my favorite short chapter books for both boys: The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly. Just sweet stories, no violence, just adventures of fairies, gnomes and mice. Some of the few Waldorf school inspired printed books.