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Um. By the way. I’m doing the whole NaBloPoMo thing this month, which just means I’m posting every day. Yes, I know it’s already the 4th. I was, uh, just trying to see how long I could go without mentioning it. No, not really. But look, a shiny NaBloPoMo badge:
(Wouldn’t blog badges be more fun if they WERE shiny?)
My NaBloPoMo profile is here, in case you want to be ning buddies. Or in case you want to see a couple of random tiny pictures of me. Or in case you want to read an abbreviated version of my about page. All that and more (er, not really more, that’s pretty much it), now on my NaBloPoMo profile! Oh boy.
I’m not doing NaNoWriMo, for any number of reasons, chief among them being: does it look like I have time to write 50,000 words this month? I barely have time to BATHE most days, and I promise that you would rather have me bathe than have me NaNo. (Dane’s not NaNo-ing either, though he has in the past. Why not? See above re: bathing. Applies to him too.)
In non-acronym-related news, it appears to be November, which means it’s almost December, which means I’m working on coming up with a list of books we’d like to get the kids for Christmas. I have to start kind of early so I can scout the used book stores, and also because whittling down the list pretty much kills me every time. (I may have mentioned this in years past.) And yes, the list is already long, but: do you have suggestions for me? Any favorite books for a two-year-old, three-year-old, six-year-old, or nine-year-old? Or bedtime read-alouds for the whole crew? All suggestions welcome.
My nine year old is really into Percy Jackson and the Olypians series. (I think that’s the name of the series, the first book is called Lightning Thief and the second book is Sea of Monsters.)
My kids loved Grover’s “There is a monster at the end of this book” when they were toddlers.
Have you come across Ted Arnold’s “Parts” series? the middle age children may love them. It is about what a little boy imagines as he hear idioms…like eyes glued to the TV, cats got your tongue, becoming unglued….
My kiddo’s practically grown and I can’t think back as far as age two or three…
Your older ones might like Lois Lenski’s regional series (Strawberry Girl, Blue Ridge Billy, San Fransisco Boy and more). These probably have a lot of un-PC terminolgy, but that can be fodder for good conversations.
If you can handle just a little bit creepy, another favorite is Norton Juster’s “The Phantom Toll Booth.” Lots of imaginative adventure, full of puns and idioms.
No specific book suggestions, but I do love paperbackswap.com for children’s books. I’ve been able to find so many, and get rid of my old grown-up books in exchange.
Thanks, guys! I love suggestions!
We’re into Arnold’s Fly Guy series, but haven’t read Parts. We’ll have to check it out! And Annie, I don’t think we’ve read any of the Lenski titles yet! Phantom Tollbooth is one of my all-time faves. Abigail’s read it, but the younger ones haven’t yet.
Diana: get rid… of… books… does not compute…
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