She loves books, even it is just looking at one that has no pictures. Some day they may actually sit still long enough to allow us to read to them from this book. It is a collection of stories of Hans Christian Anderson. We buy ahead for all those books we will someday read to them: The Chronicles of Narnia, the Harry Potter series, Ursala Le Guin series (EarthSea), and a bevy of others we have available to them for when they are older. I YEARN to read them a story with an actual plot and character development. For now, it’s Dr. Seuss.
We have so many books for the kids. A bunch of them actually came from my parents. My Mom (a.k.a. packrat) saved all our books from when my sister and I were little. When the kids bring me one of them to read to them, it is like reaching back into my past. I remember the old farmhouse and reading books on my pink bed. They also served another purpose. My sister and I would use the hardcover books and use them to make walls for a Barbie “house”. They can be used so many ways to stir the imagination. 🙂
Ooo dear. I feel like your mum! Is that what it’s called? A packrat?
I kept my eldest daughter’s books [she’s 26 now] and now the next lot are reading them.
Yours the thoroughly ancient person
Oh, believe me, I got some of her packrat genes. I will probably end up saving them, too! They are a family heirloom now…they will have 2 generations of crayon marks on them. 😉 Some of them I think even came from my grandmother…there are some old printings of a few of the books…in the 40’s.
Ah yes, I read a lot of Dr. Seuss myself and this book called Go Dog Go keeps coming up. When W.W. turned 1 all the books my parents kept hidden from when my brother and were little suddenly showed up at my house with their next visit. It’s wonderful really. W.W. loves Richard Scarry books.
I do that too! I guess that’s why there’s so many books in our home. I’ll find one that I just know they’re going to enjoy later. I’m a bit of a packrat too (an understatement!) But, I think it’s nice to have the books available, because you never know when the interest might pop up. Sometimes I’ll leave something on the table, knowing Violet (she’s 8, almost 9) might be interested, and sure enough, next thing you know, she’s sitting there reading it! : )
Loving the beautiful rich tones in your home, and your daughter looks lovely in red!
I love that your mom kept your books and passed them on. My husband’s parents keep passing on old toys to us and it’s bringing back so many memories for him.
She is so into that book…did you read it to her? 🙂
It teaches them what WE love when they have all those books around!
We too have shelves of them waiting to be discovered, and for now, I just wait. Plot? What? 🙂
Love these photos !! Shouldn’t be too long and you’ll be able to read non-picture books to them. I sometimes have a read aloud book on the go with the kids. I read it at bedtime … they just lay there and listen. It’s great … my son (6) especially loves it ! I started when he was about 4 and 1/2.
Thanks ladies!
Thanks Bonnie, I was wondering when they would start sitting there listening to books that didn’t have a bunch of pictures to look at. 🙂
I have a lot of books from when I was a kiddo, too! I think those are the most special!!! 🙂
it is so much fun to share the books that we loved with our kids…
i started with books on tape in the car on a roadtrip (we started with the magic tree house books) and that “trained” my oldest, then about 3 1/2, to sit and listen to chapter books…we moved on from there and now he sits through so many wonderful books…
the pics, however, are gorgeous…and just being with the books is the first beautiful step towards loving them.
I love the contrast of that big book in her tiny hands! Nadia too loves to look through books – but if it doesn’t have pictures she declares it a “Mommy book” and casts it aside. 🙂 I should probably start building her future library now, too. For now all we have is the kiddie books, and I long to actually READ even Dr suess! For the most part we just discuss pictures.