bird dog, ladybug, and firefly: Pretend this is an actual Christmas card

You might also want to pretend the tops of our heads.

Books I've read fairly recently

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy: A Righteous Gentile vs. the Third Reich by Eric Metaxas
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
Some Assembly Requird: A Journal of My Son's First Son by Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
The Immortal Life of HEnrietta LAcks by Rebecca Skloot
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
The Living by Annie Dillard
The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott

Books I've read fairly recently (* means I've actually finished it and recommend it)

A Sampling of Books We Love Enough to Own

Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack
Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales
Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Dandelion by Don Freeman
Dog by Matthew Van Fleet and Brian Stanton
Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni
Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Graham, ill. Zion
How Much is that Doggie in the Window by Iza Trapani
I Am an Artist by Pat Lowery Collins, ill. Robin Brickman
I Went Walking by Sue Williams ,ill. Julie Vivas
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear by Nancy White Carlstrom, ill. Bruce Degen
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne, ill. H.A. Rey
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lioni
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Mr. Popper's Pengins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Museum ABC Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes, ill. Jeanette Canyon
Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
The Beetle Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom, ill. Felicia Bond
The Burgess Book of Birds for Children by Thornton W. Burgess
The Flicka, Ricka, Dicka series by Maj Lindman
The Frances series by Russell and Lillian Hoban
The Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie de Paola
The Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Milly Molly Mandy series by Joyce Lankester Brisley
The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall and Barbara Cooney
The Puddle by David McPhaill
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Tub People by Pam Conrad
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Winnie-the-Pooh & House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne, ill. Ernest Shepherd

Library Books We're Reading (* means we liked it enough to recommend)

* "Wait for me!" said Maggie McGee by Jean Van Leeuwen, ill. Jacqueline Rogers
*13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Roeder
*A Bedtime for Bear by Bonnie Becker, Kady McDonald Denton
*A Big Treasury of Little Animals by Phoebe Dunn
*A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor
*A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein
*A Good Day by Kevin Henkes
*A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman, ill. Betty Fraser
*A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
*A House in the Woods by Inga Moore
*A Leaf Can Be... By Laurie Purdie Salas, il. Violets Dabija
*A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
*A Mama for Owen by Marion Dane Bauer, ill. John Butler
*A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark by David Adler, ill. Ronald Himler
*A Place to Call Home by Alexis Deacon, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz
*A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
*A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill, ill. Evaline Ness
*A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester, ill. Lynn Munsinger
*A Second is a Hiccup by Hazel Hutchins, ill. Kady McDonald Denton
*A Seed is Sleepy by Diana Hutts Aston, Sylvia Long
*A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip and Erin Stead
*A Story for Bear by Dennis Haseley, ill. Jim LaMarche
*A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry, ill. Marc Simont
*A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker, ill. Kady MacDonald Denton
*Adventure on Klickitat Island by Hilary Horder Hippely, ill. Barbara Upton
*Alfie's ABC by Shirley Hughes
*Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated Robert Ingpen
*All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson
*Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
*An Amish Year by Richard Ammon, ill. Pamela Patricj
*An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola
*An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston & Sylvia Long
*And Then it's Spring by Julie Fogliano, ill. Erin E. Stead
*Andrew's Bath by David McPhail
*Angelina Ballerina by Katherine Holabird, ill. Helen Craig
*Angelina and the Princess by Katharine Holabird, ill. Helen Craig
*Angelina at the Fair by Holabird and Craig
*Angelina at the Palace by Holabird and Craig
*Angelina, Star of the Show by Holabird and Craig
*Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack
*Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack
*Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack
*Animal Colors by Beth Fielding
*Annie Rose is My Little Sister by Shirley Hughes
*Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
*Another Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
*April and Esme: Tooth Fairies by Bob Graham
*Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
*Assorted Dick King-Smith animal stories
*B is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
*Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky
*Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman, ill. Jane Dyer
*Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., ill. Eric Carle
*Baby Sea Otter by Betty Tatham, ill. Joan Paley
*Ballerina Swan by Allegra Kent and Emily Arnold McCully
*Ballerina: A Step-by-Step Guide to Ballet by Jane Hackett
*Ballet School by Camilla Jessel
*Bear All Year by Harriet Ziefert and Arnold Lobel
*Bear Has a Story to Tell by Phillip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
*Bear Has a Story to Tell by Phillip Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
*Bear Snores On, Bear's New Friend, Bear Feels Sick and Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson, ill. Jane Chapman
*Bear in the Barnyard by Sue Robinson, illustrated by Tony Morris
*Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau, ill. David Walker
*Bee Frog by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Barbara Firth
*Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace
*Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom
*Big Brown Bear's Birthday Surprise
*Big Old Bones by Carol and Donald Carrick
*Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
*Birds by Kevin Henkes
*Bradley McGogg the Very Fine Frog by Tim Beiser, illustrated Rachel Berman
*Brave Irene by William Steig
*Brian Goldsmith's Birds
*Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
*Bubba and Trixie by Lisa Campbell Ernst
*Budgie and Boo by David McPhail
*Buffalo Music by Tracy Fern, illustrated by Lauren Castillo
*Bunny Bungalow by Cynthia Rylant, ill. Nancy Hayashi
*Bunny and Me by Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz
*Cars Galore by Peter Stein, ill. Bob Staake
*Charley's First Night by Amy Hest & Helen Oxenbury
*Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton
*Christmas Wombat by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
*Christmas in the Country by Cynthia Rylant & Diane Goode
*Chrysthanthemum by Kevin Henkes
*Circus Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
*City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems, ill. Jon J Muth
*Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
*Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse, ill. Jon J Muth
*Corduroy by Don Freeman
*Cork and Fuzz series by Dori Chaconas, ill. Lisa McCue
*Cowgirl Kate series by Erica Silverman, ill. Betsy Lewin
*Curious George Flies a Kite by H.A. Rey
*Curious George Rides a Bike by H.A. Rey
*Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
*Dem Bones by Bob Barner
*Diary of a Baby Wombat by Jackie French, ill. Bruce Whatley
*Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin, ill. Harry Bliss
*Diary of a Spider by Cronin and Bliss
*Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French, ill. Bruce Whatley
*Dino-Hockey by Lisa Wheeler, ill. Barry Gott
*Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton, ill. Guy Parker-Reese
*Dodsworth in London by Tim Egan
*Dodsworth in New York by Tim Egan
*Dogku by Andrew Clements, ill. Tim Bowers
*Don't Worry Bear by Greg Foley
*Dot and Bob by David McPhail
*Drawing Lessons from a Bear by David McPhail
*Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
*Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek, ill. Lee White
*Ed Emberley drawing books (especially the Big Purple one)
*Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
*Emeline at the Circus by Marjorie Priceman
*Emma Bean by Jean Van Leeuwen, ill. Juan Wijngaard
*Emma in Charge by David McPhail
*Emma's Vacation by David McPhail
*Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
*Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest: Where Birds Begin by Irene Kelly
*Everything but the Horse by Hollie Hobbie
*Fables by Arnold Lobel
*Favorite Nursery Tales by Tomie dePaola
*Flap Your Wings by PD Eastman
*Flash the Dash by Don Freeman
*Flight of the Dodo by Peter Brown
*Flora's Very Windy Day by Jeanne Birdsall, illustrated by Matt Phelan
*Francis Woke Up Early by Josephine Nobisso, Maureen Hyde
*Franklin and Harriet by Paulette Bourgeois, ill. Brenda Clark
*Fred and Ted Go Camping by Peter Eastman
*Frederick by Leo Lionni
*Frederick's Fables: A Treasury of 16 Favorite Leo Lioni Stories
*From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
*George and Martha Encore by James Marshall
*George and Martha by James Marshall
*Giant John by Arnold Lobel
*Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
*Ginger by Charlotte Voake
*Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
*Good Job, Little Bear by Martin Waddell, ill. Barbara Firth
*Goose by Molly Bang
*Hairy Hezekiah by Dick King-Smith
*Happy Birthday to You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
*Harriet's Recital by Naancy Carlson
*Hello Baby! by Mem Fox, ill. Steve Jenkins
*Henry Bear's Park by David McPhail
*Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble by Cynthia Rylant,ill. Sucie Stevenson
*Here Comes Gosling by Sandy Asher, ill. Keith Graves
*Heron and Turtle by Valeri Gorbachev
*Hi, Cat! by Ezra Jack Keats
*Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt, ill. Roger Duvoisin
*Holly by Ruth Brown
*Homer by Elisha Cooper
*Horses by Seymour Simon
*Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
*Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
*Hot Air: The Mostly True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
*Houndsley and Catina series by James Howe, ill. Marie-Louise Gay
*House Held Up By Trees by Ted Kooser &Jon Klassen
*How Do You Sleep by Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud, ill. Kristin Kest
*How Much is a Million by David Schwartz, ill. Steven Kellogg
*How the Hibernators Came to Bethelem by Norma Faber, Barbara Cooney
*How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. by Marjorie Priceman
*How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
*Hugless Douglas by David Melling
*Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, ill. Barry Moser
*Hurry Up and Slow Down by Layn Marlow
*I Like Winter by Lois Lenski
*I Like to be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
*I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer
*I am a Backhoe by Anna Grossnickle Hines
*If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca & Ed Emberley
*In My Backyard by Margriet Ruurs, Ron Broda
*In November by Cynthia Rylant
*In the Light of the Moon and Other Bedtime Stories by Sam McBratney, ill. Kady MacDonald Denton
*In the Meadow by Yukiko Kato, illustrated by KomKo Sakai
*In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
*In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
*Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
*Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
*It's Quacking Time by Martin Waddell, ill. Jill Barton
*Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
*Jamela's Dress by Niki Daly
*Jennie's Hat by Ezra Jack Keats
*Jim Aylesworth's Book of Bedtime Stories, ill. Eileen Christelow
*John Philip Duck by Patricia Polacco
*Jonathan and the Big Blue Boat by Philip C. Stead
*Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
*Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco
*Just a Second by Steve Jenkins
*Kate and Pippin : an Unlikely Love Story by Martin and Isobel Springett
*Katie Discovers Winter by Liesbet Slegers
*Katie Meets the Impressionists by James Mayhew
*Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
*King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bentley, ill. Helen Oxenbury
*Kipper's Snowy Day by Mick Inkpen
*Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
*Knuffle Bunny trilogy by Mo Willems
*Leap Back Home to Me by Lauren Thompson, ill. Matthew Cordell
*Lentil by Robert McCloskey
*Let's Eat! What Children Eat Around the World by Beatrice Hollyrr
*Let's Go Home: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant, ill. Wendy Anderson Halperin
*Let's Go Visiting by Sue Williams, ill. Julie Vivas
*Let's Join In by Shirley Hughes
*Lili on Stage by Rachel Isadora
*Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin, Jr. &John Archambault
*Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lioni
*Little Caribou by Sarah Fox-Davies
*Little Elephant's Trunk by Hazel Lincoln
*Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Garth Williams
*Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, ill. Jen Corace
*Little Polar Bear and the Whales by Hans de Beer
*Little Quack's New Friend by Lauren Thompson and Derek Anderson
*Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse
*Little Rabbit Goes to School by Harry Horse
*Little Rabbit Lost by Harry Horse
*Little Rabbit Runaway by Harry Horse
*Little Rabbit's New Baby by Harry Horse
*Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain by Edward Ardizzone
*Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
*Llama Llama series by Anna Dewdney
*Lucia and the Light by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Mary Grandpre
*Lucy's Christmas by Donald Hall & Michael McCurdy
*Lyle at the Office by Bernard Waber
*Maisy series by Lucy Cousins
*Many Moons by James Thurber, ill. Louis Slobodkin
*Market Day by Lois Ehlert
*Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
*Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
*Max's Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells
*Max's Words by Kate Banks, ill. Boris Kulikov
*May I Bring a Friend by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Beni Montresor
*May We Sleep Here Tonight by Tan Koide, ill. Yasuko Koide
*Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell
*Meeting Trees by Scott Russell Sanders, ill. Robert Hynes
*Melvin and the Boy by Lauren Castillo
*Minnie and Moo Go to Paris by Denys Cazet
*Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
*Mole Music by David McPhail
*Molly Who Flew Away by Valeri Gorbachev
*Moses Goes to the Circus by Isaac Millman
*Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends
*Mouse's First series by Lauren Thompson, ill. Buket Erdogan
*Mousekin's Family by Edna Miller
*Mousekin's Frosty Friend by Edna Miller
*Mousekin's Thanksgiving by Edna Miller
*Mr. Benn-Red Knight by David McKee
*Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow, ill. Maurice Sendak
*Mr. Seahorse by Eric Carle
*Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty McDonaldd
*Ms. Turtle the Babysitter by Valeri Gorbachev
*My First Ballet Book by Kate Castle
*My First Ballet Book by Kate Castle
*My First Ballet Class by Katherine Holabird
*My First Little House Books (entire series)
*My First Pony by Linda Bozzo
*My Garden by Kevin Henkes
*My Snake Blake by Randy Siegel and Serge Bloch
*Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
*Ned's New Home by Kevin Tseng
*Never Ask a Bear by Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud, ill. Doris Barrette
*Norman the Doorman by Don Freeman
*Not Just Tutus by Rachel Isadora
*Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis, illustrated Bob Kolar
*Ocean Babies by Deborah Lee Rose, ill. Hiroe Nakata
*Oh, Look! by Patricia Polacco
*Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
*Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats by Barbara Joosse & Jan Jutte
*Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer
*Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
*Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
*Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf by Olivia Bouler
*On Market Street by Arnold and Anita Lobel
*On Your Toes: a Ballet A B C by Rachel Isadora
*On a Starry Night by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock,ill. David McPhail
*One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
*Our World of Water:Children and Water Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer
*Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, ill. Christopher Silas Neal
*Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes, ill. Jeanette Canyon
*Owen by Kevin Henkes
*Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
*Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
*Pancakes! Pancakes by Eric Carle
*Patrick's Dinosaurs by Carol and Donald Carrick
*Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
*Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
*Photographer Mole by Dennis Haseley, ill. Julie Kangaa
*Pig Pig Gets a Job by David McPhail
*Pig Pig Meets the Lion by David McPhail
*Pig Pig Returns by David McPhail
*Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe
*Plant a Little Seed by Bonnie Christensen
*Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith, Wendy Anderson Halperin
*Polka Dot Penguin Pottery by Lenore Look and Yumi Heo
*Ponyella by Laura Numeroff, ill. Lynn Munsinger
*Princess Baby, Night Night by Karen Katz
*Puffling Patrol by Ted and Betsy Lewin
*Punk Farm by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
*Puppies and Piggies by Cynthia Rylant, ill. Evan Bates
*Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
*Red Red Red by Valeri Gorbachev
*Rhymes for Annie Rose by Shirley Hughes
*Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
*Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, ill. Barbara Cooney
*Sam and the Firefly by P.D. Eastman
*Scamper: A Gray Tree Squirrel by Edna Miller
*Score One for the Sloths by Helen Lester, Lynn Munsinger
*Sea Horse: the Shyest Fish in the Sea by Chris Butterworth, ill. John Lawrence
*Sea of Dreams by Dennis Nolan
*Shells! Shells! Shells! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
*Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri
*Sleepy Book by Charlotte Zolotow, ill. Stefano Vitale
*Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Seven Dogs by Maj Lindman
*Snow by Uri Shulevitz
*Some Babies Are Wild by Marion Dane Bauer, Stan Tekiela
*Some Dogs Do by Jez Alborough
*Song of the Camels by Elizabeth Coatsworth & Anna Vojtech
*Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
*Stars by Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee
*Stella Louella's Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
*Stella's Dancing Days by Sandy Asher, ill. Kathryn Brown
*Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
*Step Gently Out by Helen Frost and Rick Leieder
*Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
*Suki, the Very Loud Bunny by Carmela and Steve D'Amico
*Swim, Little Wombat, Swim! by Charles Fuge
*Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, ill. Beth Krommes
*Sylvie and True by David McPhail
*The Amanda Pig series by Jean Van Leeuwen
*The Apple Pie that Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson, ill. Jonathan Bean
*The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola
*The Baby Sister by Tomie dePaola
*The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitzel, ill. Nancy Winslow Parker
*The Best Nest by PD Eastman
*The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook by Shirley Hughes
*The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook by Shirley Hughes
*The Big Big Sea by Martin Waddell, ill. Jennifer Eachus
*The Bike Lesson by Stan and Jan Berenstain
*The Boy Who Built the Boat by Ross Mueller, ill.Craig Smith
*The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard by Gregory Rogers
*The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford. ill. Donald Cook
*The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
*The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola
*The Cookie-Store Cat by Cynthia Rylant
*The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh, ill. Leonard Weisgard
*The Cow in the House, retold by Harriet Ziefert, ill. Emily Bolam
*The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden, ill. Garth Williams
*The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann
*The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough, ill. Heather Maione
*The Dress I'll Wear to the Party by Shirley Neitzel, ill. Nancy Winslow Parker
*The Elephant from Baghdad by Holmes, Harris, Cannell
*The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins, ill. Jane Chapman
*The Five-Dog Night by Eileen Christelow
*The Friday Nights of Nana by Amy Hest, ill. Claire A. Nivola
*The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, ill. David Small
*The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Henri Sorensen
*The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy & Niamh Sharkey
*The Gigantic Y
*The Gingerbread Rabbit by Randall Jarrell, ill. Garth Williams
*The Goblin and the Empty Chair by Mem Fox
*The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars, ill. Sue Truesdell
*The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant
*The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
*The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss, ill. Helen Oxenbury
*The Happy Hedgehog by Marcus Pfister
*The Hat by Jan Brett
*The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, Chris Raschk
*The Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich
*The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Leonard Weisgard
*The Journey by Sarah Stewart, ill. David Small
*The Knuffle Bunny trilogy by Mo Willems
*The Lego Ideas Book
*The Library by Sarah Stewart
*The Lighthouse Family series by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Preston McDaniels
*The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
*The Little Fire Engine by Lois Lenski
*The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
*The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
*The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
*The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. David Diaz
*The Minerva Louise series by Janet Morgan Stoeke
*The Mister Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant
*The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
*The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson, ill. Tracey Campbell Pearson
*The Moses series by Isaac Millman
*The Napping House by Audrey Wood, ill. Don Wood
*The Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose by Pamela Duncan Edwards, Diana Cain Bluthenthal
*The New Pet by Marjorie Flack
*The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day by Leslie Patricelli
*The Pen That Pa Built by David Edwards, Ashley Wolff
*The Poodle Who Barked at the Wind by Charlotte Zolotow, ill. June Otani
*The Quiet Mother and the Noisy Little Boy Charlotte Zolotow
*The Restless Robin by Marjorie Flack
*The Rooster's Gift by Pam Conrad, ill. Eric Beddows
*The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow, ill. Wendell Minor
*The Sniffles for Bear by Bonnie Becker, Kady McDonald Denton
*The Snow Day by Komako Sakai
*The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Weise
*The Story of Silk by Richard Sobol
*The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
*The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
*The Tickle Stories by Jean Van Leuwen, ill. Mary Whyte
*The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
*The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
*The Tub People's Christmas by Pam Conrad, ill. Richard Egielski
*The U.S. Marine Corps by Michael Benson
*The Umbrella by Jan Brett
*The Very Best Bed by Rebekah Raye
*The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
*The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston, ill. Barbara Cooney
*The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
*There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
*Thimbleberry Stories by Cynthia Rylant, ill. Maggie Kneen
*This Jazz Man by Karen Ehrhardt, ill. R.G Roth
*Those Can-Do Pigs by David McPhail
*Tick-Tock, Drip-Drop! A Bedtime Story by Nicola Moon, ill. Eleanor Taylor
*Time for a Bath by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
*Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
*Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
*Time to Sleep by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
*Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby by David McPhail
*To Market, To Market by Nikki McClure
*Toby, What Are You? By William Steig
*Toby, Where Are You? By William Steig
*Toby, Who Are You? By William Steig, pictures by Teryl Euvremer
*Toes Are to Tickle by Shen Roddie, ill. Kady MacDonald Denton
*Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales
*Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher, ill. Keith Graves
*Toot & Puddle: You Are My Sunshine by Holly Hobbie
*Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
*Toot and Puddle:Top of the World by Hollie Hobbie
*Traces by Paula Fox, Karla Kuskin
*Train to Timbuctoo by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Art Seiden
*Tudley Didn't Know by John Himmelman
*Turtle Tide: The Ways of Sea Turtles by Stephen Swinburne, ill. Bruce Hiscock
*Turtle's Penguin Day by Valeri Gorbachev
*Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Leo &Diane Dillon
*Violet and Winston by Sonya Sones and Bennett Tramer, ill. Chris Raschka
*Wait Till the Moon is Full by Margaret Wise Brown, ill. Garth Williams
*We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow, ill. Bob Staake
*Wemberley Worried by Kevin Henkes
*What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol and Donald Carrick
*What Shall We Do, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
*What a Party! by Sandy Asher, ill. Keith Graves
*What's Opposite by Stephen Swinburne
*What's in the Egg, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson, ill. Jane Chapman
*What's the Big Idea, Molly? By Valeri Gorbachev
*When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach, ill. David Small
*When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, ill. Diane Goode
*When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco
*When Sheep Sleep by Laura Numeroff, ill. David McPhail
*When Spring Comes by Natalie Kinsey Warnock, Stacey Schuett
*When the Whippoorwill Calls by Candice Ransom, pictures by Kimberly Bulcken Root
*Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester Clark
*Where Once There Was a Wood by Denise Fleming
*Which Puppy? by Kate and Jules Feiffer
*Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
*White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt, ill. Roger Duvoisin
*White is for Blueberry by George Shannon, ill. Laura Dronzek
*Who Likes Rain by Wong Herbert Yee
*Who Loves the Little Lamb by Lezlie Evans, il. David McPhail
*Wildflowers Around the Year by Hope Ryden
*Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, ill. Julie Vivas
*Wind Says Goodnight by Katy Rydell, illustrated David Jorgensen
*Wind by Marion Dane Bauer, ill. John Wallace
*Wind, Sand, and Sky by Rebecca Caudill, ill. Donald Carrick
*Wombat Divine by Mem Fox, ill. Kerry Argent
*Yellow and Pink by William Steig
*Yummers and Yummers Too by James Marshall
*Zelda and Ivy: the Runaways by Laura McGee Kvasnovsky
*Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss, ill. Marjorie Priceman
*Zoo Looking by Mem Fox
*little green by Keith Baker
Anansi and the Talking Melon retold by Eric A. Kimmel, ill. Janet Stevens
Climb Into My Lap, compiled Lee Bennett Hopkins, ill. Kathryn Brown
DK Eyewitness Fish
Duck and Cover by Jackie Urbanovic
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, ill. Jon Klassen
Goggles by Ezra Jack Keats
Grandfather's Cake by David McPhail
Hurty Feelings, Lester & Munsinger
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie de Paola
Julius the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
Lily's Big Day by Kevin Henkes
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Donkey and the Babysitter by Rindert Kromhout, ill. Annemarie van Haeringen
Madeline and the Cats of Rome by John Bemelmans Marciano
Madeline in America by Ludwig Bemelmanns
Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats
Presenting Tanya the Ugly Duckling by Patricia Lee Gauch, ill. Satomi Ichikawa
Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse Readers
Sector 7 by David Weisner
Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Sing to the Stars by Mary Brigid Barrett
Tacky Goes to Camp by Lester & Munsinger
Tacky and the Winter Games by Lester & Munsinger
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, ill. Lynn Munsinger
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Trouble With Dragons by Debi Gliori
Up, Up, and Away by Ginger Wadsworth, ill. Patricia J. Wynne
William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

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