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I just found out yesterday that I'm pregnant!!!! Okay, so it's not official from a doctor or anything yet, but my home pregnancy test was positive. Not to mention I just KNOW. I won't give details or anything, but I'm sure. ;) Bud is on his way. This is the name that my dad has (affectionately) bestowed on the baby until a) we find out what it

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~beams~ Love being book selector! I can imagine that Em's shelf in overflowing. What's nice is that you can pass down what Em has to Bud to start so the books get more life out of them. However, I'm not sure if Bud likes princess stories, so those might have to be donated... :)
As for books, pretty much anything by Mo Willems or Doreen Cronin gets my vote, and Jan Brett's stories are beautifully illustrated. She does them herself and she is one hell of an artist. I did a story today for first-graders today that she wrote called Trouble With Trolls that they just adored. And I saw another author today named Lauren Child who wrote a really cute story called Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book? that I got the biggest kick out of. One more for today... Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee was really really cute. I read it the other day at the school and I got the biggest kick out of it. The kids really love it.

Other popular titles- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, The Hippo-Not-Amus by Tony Payne, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., and Pancakes for Breakfast, a wordless picture book by Tomie DePaola. For the last one, I just make up the words as I go along and whenever I've read the book, the kids get a kick out of the words I make up for the story.

Authors which are consistently good: Mo Willems, Ezra Jack Keats, Tomie DePaola, Doreen Cronin, Eric Carle (anything he does is wonderful for preschoolers), Chris VanAllsburg (he did The Polar Express and Zathura), Patricia Polacco. Hope that gives you some ideas.
If you're going to have a boy, I suggest also looking into non-fiction as he gets older. It's always harder to get boys to read, but for some reason, many latch onto non-fiction, so it's a good route for them. At least they would be reading.

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*head spinning* I'll have to print this out for a reference...I'll never remember them by the time I get to the book store. ;)

Thanks Erin!! *HUGS*

[bout14]

LOL!!!! Anytime. I was just jotting down the ones I could remember off the top of my head. And I realize that I forgot to put Kevin Henkes, Norman Bridwell (Clifford!), and Peggy Parish (Amelia Bedelia) on the list.

Oh, as for extra books, how could I forget one of my personal faves, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems. I know I mentioned him as an author (he's the guy who writes Sheep in the Big City and Codename Kids Next Door), but I just love that book!

Oh, I had to laugh today... I saw a book titled, Book. I swear, I was ROTF LMAO!!!! I think the kids thought I was on crack! Okay, I'm off to class! :)