Baby Shower = Book Love
Tomorrow my office is throwing a baby shower for my coworker and I had the totally awesome chance to spend huge sums of money buying baby books for her. Since she had over 100 people at her family baby shower, she had enough clothes and diapers to last a year. My office, spearheaded by my efforts, decided to put some money towards getting her books: often overlooked as gifts but childhood staples nonetheless.
Whenever I have kids I’m going to ask for people to contribute to my baby’s library. Obviously books are super important to me, and some of my favorite memories are of reading with my parents.
So last Friday Ian and I went to the bookstore and spent hours reading each other picture books. I walked out with an armful of the classics:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Nobel, pictures by Steven Kellogg
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka, pictures by Lane Smith
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keates
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Opposites by Sandra Boynton
What picture books would you put in your children’s library?
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Harold and the Purple Crayon!
I approve!
Goodnight Moon
The Runaway Bunny
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The photography package that we picked includes a bedtime story after our reception, right?
Yes! I love them all!
The bedtime story is totally included, and I’ll even throw in some milk and cookies.
Sweet! I knew I hired you guys for a reason!
Most of the books you listed would definitely be in my child’s library!
I would also have pretty much anything by Chris Van Allsburg (most famous for Jumanji, The Polar Express, Zathura etc). He’s an amazing illustrator:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=chris+van+allsburg&x=0&y=0
As a kid, whenever we would have library hour in school, our Librarian would always read to us from The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles. It holds a special place in my heart:
http://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Crows-American-Rhymes-Jingles/dp/0689711530/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233967914&sr=8-1
And I just bought this book for my four year old nephew. It was super cute and comes with sea animal bathtub clings!
http://www.amazon.com/Biggest-Thing-Ocean-Kevin-Sherry/dp/0803731922/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233968412&sr=1-3
Angie, I love Chris Van Allsburg too! My husband met him once, so we have a signed copy of The Polar Express floating around here. Hardcover copies of his books do them the most justice, and sadly they would have put me over the baby shower budget. They are on the top of my list, though, for my kids. And I will definitely check out The Rooster Crows. Thanks for the suggestions!