We love books!

Books have always been a huge part of my life.  My father was an elementary school resource librarian and (as you'd expect) a huge lover of books, so from a very early age I had 'appropriate literature' readily available to me at home.  As I got older, my father knew the librarians at every school I attended, so I always had dedicated and passionate resource librarians looking out for me and suggesting fantastic books for me to read.  As an adult, we regularly exchanged books as a family, reading and discussing and enjoying great literature.

Now that I'm a parent, I'm doing my best to ensure that books are a huge part of my children's lives.  My father always said that adults should read picture books too.  I never really understood it, but now appreciate that a good picture book can have strong meaning, and a well illustrated picture book has a work of art to share with every turned page.  We have books all over the house, so there's always a book close at hand.  As a result, we probably read a dozen or so books a day and cuddling up for a story is definitely one of Mini Muffin's favourite pastimes.... and favourite ways to procrastinate on actually going to bed! 

This morning, before we'd even had breakfast, Mini Muffin presented me with a pile of books to read.  As I considered the nine (yes, nine) books that needed to be read I thought to myself "Yup, we definitely have a book lover on our hands!  Success!".  We got through about half before hunger took over, and we finished the rest up after breakfast.  It made for a great start to the day!

Morning reading requests - nine books!

All of this got me to thinking.  We've been discovering so many fantastic books lately, I think that in the near future I'll start writing a few posts that share some of our favourite kid's books.  With so many books to love, and so many choices in the bookstores, I might as well put my two cents out there as to the best and brightest offerings out there!  I hope you'll enjoy the series - stay tuned!