Saturday, June 20, 2020

Library Love [2]

Library Love is something I started back in October of 2018, but failed to keep up with! I'm going to try and be better when it comes to this feature, since the library is where we get most of our books. It's pretty self-explanatory, but this post (and others like it) will be used to highlight and showcase which books we get from the library every 2-3 weeks. Our holds technically allow us to keep them for 21 days, but we usually finish them before then. If you want to see the original post, you can find it here, or you can click the Library Love tab at the top of the page.

Definitely need to take more than one bag next time...

I told the kids they could each get five books, and then three were mine! That's still 18 books, haha. Not bad for a single trip to the library. ;)

Our son had to stop going to piano lessons when the pandemic hit, and we haven't heard anything about them reopening. He's too young to do the online lessons, and had trouble following along with the instructor. We've been trying to help him at home (more Jacob than me, since I'm not musically inclined), and I thought this Play It! book by Jennifer Kemmeter looked fun.

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes is another one of my choices! I've heard it's really good, and couldn't resist when I saw it sitting on the shelf. It'll be one I read with our son, but Jacob has to finish their current Goosebumps book! The kid is obsessed with R.L. Stine.

Our son has also grown as a reader over the last few weeks, so he was looking for books that he'd be able to read on his own (for the most part). The girls just picked whatever looked interesting to them, I guess! I honestly had no idea Born Curious by Martha Freeman and Katy Wu (Illustrator) was in the bag until we checked out, but it looks amazing!

Pluto Gets the Call by Adam Rex and Laurie Keller (Illustrator) was a fun story about Pluto getting a phone call from Earth's scientists informing him that he was no longer considered a planet. Does anyone else remember memorizing the acronym My Very Excited Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas?

I'm really looking forward to reading these with my monsters! I'm so happy the library has reopened, and that they are taking precautions to keep people safe. My kids were thrilled when I told them where we were going! 

Also shown: Catch That Crook! by Laura Hitchcock, Sound Moves by Kaitlyn Duling, A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule and Sara Palacios (Illustrator), Who Stole the Hazelnuts? by Marcus Pfister, Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls by Anita Ganeri and Khoa Le (Illustrator), Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too by Jennifer Grant and Benjamin Schipper (Illustrator), Olive and the Embarrassing Gift by Tor Freeman, 10 Little Stars by Igloo Books, Disney Frozen 2: Touch and Feel Forest by Editors of Studio Fun International and Lorelay Bove (Illustrator), Spider-Man: Attack of the Heroes by Rich Thomas Jr., Diary of a Dummy (Goosebumps SlappyWorld, #10) by R.L. Stine, Big Shark, Little Shark Go to School (Step into Reading) by Anna Membrino, Hello, Olaf! (Disney Frozen) by Andrea Posner-Sanchez and Walt Disney Company (Illustrations), Alphabet Trains by Samantha R. Vamos and Ryan O'Rourke (Illustrations).

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Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2) by Libba Bray ๐ŸŽง
The Light at the Bottom of the World (Light the Abyss, #1) by London Shah ๐ŸŽง

I'm really enjoying Lair of Dreams and just hope I can finish it before my hold expires... again. The Light at the Bottom of the World is interesting, but the world-building isn't always clear.

What have you been reading? Made any trips to the library? We spent a good 15 minutes wiping all of our books down when we got home. 

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12 comments:

  1. I haven't been IN the library, but I've been doing some online only events and checking out e-books here and there. I really liked Lair of Dreams - I have the third and need to read that one ASAP!

    I love that your kids enjoy the library, and it looks like they got some really awesome books!

    -Lauren
    www.shootingstarsmag.net

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    1. Nice! Our library only lets a few people in at a time, and they make sure you stay away from everyone else. Very professional and efficient! I've been using Hoopla for my audiobooks. Lair of Dreams is creepy! I'll definitely need a break before starting the third book. :)

      My kids LOVE books! It's all a parent can hope for. ;)

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  2. One of my favorite memories as a kid was visiting our public library with my Mom. My mom, brother, and I would always leave with our own bag filled with books to hold us over for the next week!

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    1. I wish mine we old enough to carry their own bags! Haha. My son can manage if there are only a few books inside, but he likes to cram 10+ books, which is why they now have a 5-book limit. :) We can always go back for more! The girls are too little to carry even 5 books, especially when they get GIANT board books. <3 I hope these are memories that stay with them.

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  3. My and kid went to the library every Sunday after church, and she would fill 2 bags with books. Good times. I hope you and the littles enjoy them all.

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    1. I love that, Sam! I hope these are good times mine will remember when they're older. I also want to instill a love of reading for obvious reasons, but also because I think it will only continue to enrich their lives. Especially when they can read on their own! It's something we really missed doing together (going to the library, not reading, because we do that every day), so I'm glad we're able to add a little bit of normalcy to our routine again. :)

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  4. I'm so jealous! I haven't been to my library in 3 months! It's still closed, although they have started giving out holds, by appointment.

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    1. That's so long! I know how you feel! I'm glad they're at least giving out holds... that's something, right? Our library is small and has VERY strict rules. Regardless, I'm glad it was something the kids and I got to do the other day. :)

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  5. I remember the good old days as a kid when I'd spend most of the summer going to the library! I haven't been in many years now.

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    1. I wish that had been my childhood! My parents aren't readers, so I didn't grow up going to the library, or reading all that often. My 4th grade teacher started reading the Harry Potter books to us in class, and then I was hooked. I was obsessed with the stories and people you could find in books, and started to really utilize the school's library. :)

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  6. I stopped going to the library when our car stopped working more than 10 years ago. I used to get a bunch of books that way though.

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    1. Wow! That's a long time! I don't know if I could survive without library access.

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