Thursday, October 11, 2012

books on books. on books.


today our errand running took us across town.
today was library day.
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charlie heads straight for the mini computer.
gavin always - right to the books on tape.
and i start my hunt.
today we hit the children's book jackpot.


our book crate is full to the brim.
i remember being lovely little lindsay 
and my cathy would let us fill a laundry basket.
a laundry basket! 
full of library books!
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the littlest boys are napping.
and i'm going to sit in the quiet and read this whole stack.
i love children's books more than i love grown up books.



today's finds:
numbers - orla kiely
little birds ABC's - piet grobler
bear dispair - gaetan doremus
people - blexbolex
up above + down below - paloma valdivia
looking at lincoln - maira kalman
otto carrotto - chiara carrer
clara and asha - eric rohmann
sweet dreams - rose a. lewis
tumford - nancy tillman

2 comments:

  1. Oh, I love that memory more than anything! It goes way back. Gram always took me to the library. Books matter. I still hunt up the local library wherever I travel to just because. Filmy jacket library books smell so right.

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  2. Those books from our past...we always want to pass them to our children of the future. Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing

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