I am always on the hunt for good books. I mean the kind of books that you pass on, not toss out. Recently I purged our bookshelves and got rid of a lot of “twaddle”, making room for more of the great stuff. Here are some of my recent finds.

Child’s Bible Reader (c) 1898  Great little book covering the whole of the Bible in 52 weeks . Written for Sunday School classes, it is still a great read here at home.

One Morning in Maine We get this from the library over and over again. McClosky is my favorite children’s writer (at this time) and we never get tired of the story about Sal. She loses a tooth and has many adventures in Maine with her family.

Time of Wonder Another terrific book by Robert McClosky. I really enjoy his take on a summer in Maine. His writing is powerful and exciting and so beautifullly descriptive I feel like we are there.

We Help Daddy is a book from my childhood. I remembered loving this Little Golden book so I bought it on eBay and I still remember how happy that little story made me.

I hope you are making time to read to your children, whatever age they are. I know that when we make smoothies before bed, even my husband enjoys a story about Pooh and the adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood (A.A. Milne is probably my all-time favorite children’s author. His writing is so clever that adults enjoy it as much as the children!).