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My friend's son had his first child, a daughter, last October and I have yet to send a gift. I have decided that I want to start, or severely populate, her first library. I know there will be some Boynton books definitely included, but what other books would you all recommend for a first library? What are the classics? What are the hot new books? Any an all recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! 😊

Spent the long weekend in Vermont & scored the last of my Fall swap gifts.

Moo.

I bought books.

My niece (and her parents!) are coming to stay next week, hopefully. Haven‘t seen them since Christmas, when she was just 2 months... So books were in order.

I‘m in Canada for a month, visiting my parents, and today at a yard sale I hit the jackpot! 15 books for $3.75! I really wish China had this kind of second hand culture, but I‘m happy I can at least stock up on books for my kids every summer for cheap!

Not getting much reading done this week while I‘m home visiting my family. At least my nephew and I are enjoying his board books.

A few favorite animal books for day 28 of #31bookpics! I‘m not an animal person myself... but my 5yo has always loved animal stories. And James Herriot is great even if you‘re not an animal person! 🙂

Can you tell which ones are for me?

If you said “all of them,” you got it! 😄 Ian is too young to have an opinion about books. Well, OK, he has one book opinion, and it‘s the same as his opinion about everything else: “It goes in my mouth.”

Caught my grandbaby reading by himself and it made me so happy. 😍💚📚 (of course he moved just as I took the picture and you can't actually see there's a book in his hands 😑)

#mood

@thequeerspiderwoman how about a baby lamb (which is a bit of a redundant statement)

#jubilantjuly Day 10: Onomatopoeia. "The cow goes moo. The sheep goes baa..." #moobaalalala is one of my favorite books to read to my nephew. Sandra Boynton is also my go to children's book author/illustrator when it comes to books for the littlest ones.

I have to share this from Man Cub's field trip yesterday .... LAMB ONLY ONE WEEK OLD! There were 3 of them and so adorable.
I didn't get much reading done yesterday since I spent the day with 29 3rd graders. Didn't get much done today either because I was so tired from yesterday.

Getting into the #readathon at a young age. @DeweysReadathon

My kiddo has no shortage of reading material. #riotgrams

This gal is currently residing next to my work desk...

Random but I like it!

"The cow say 'bah la la'" #alternatefacts

We love some Boynton books! This one is full of animal sounds plus an opportunity to correct the narrator and an invitation to make your own sounds 😀 Above all: these singing pigs are the first thing babe saw in a book that caused a smile 😍 #picturebook #childrensbooks #babyreads