Have you ever gotten home from the library with a whole stack of children's books, but none of them keep your children's interest (or yours for that matter!) I am sometimes amazed at all of the books that do get published especially after hearing how many there are that don't.
Well there are lots of things I love about the library including the Children's Reference Section that has great teaching aides from finger plays to book lists, the Children's Video Section, the LeapPad books and Cartridges, On-line Holds and Renewals that make things so much easier with little ones, and Story Times and other programs.
I often, however, get frustrated with the books themselves. So I love it when we find an author we like. This morning I was reading a Robert Munsch book to my kids and was amazed how they all started gathering around me. I started reading it to the almost 3-year-old and by the time I was done I had the 5-year-old on my lap too, the 7-year-old was close by making comments and the 10-year-old was do other things, but definitely listening. We love his stories. His most famous one is I'll Love You Forever. It is totally different than all of his others which are sillyand fun. They are exaggerated stories of things that you can relate to in family life. Some of his titles are More Pies, Get Out of Bed, Aaron's Hair, and many more. He also has some of his books in Munschwork Collection books with 4 stories in each book. I recommend checking them out -- they're a lot of fun.
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