We did Elf Names for all the kids at the Holiday Party,
which was a huge hit...so why notCupid Names???

Long Awaited Library List!

Image via University of Denver Penrose Library

I know, I know long overdue but what can I say our  life is just chaos for now! And I'm fairly sure most of you can relate, right? If I'm being honest Sean and I sit around most nights  and dream about our empty nest! Of course, we realize that when the day comes that we finally do achieve bathroom privacy we will actually miss these years...because let's be honest, it doesn't get any easier. Or in the words of my wise, wise mother, "little children, little problems". Good Luck y'all!
By the way...we hit 500 books way back in February and I am planning a celebration giveaway so Stay Tuned....

Copy and print the following list for your next library trip:

Must Own List:

The paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch *****
The Curious Garden Peter Brown *****
Mirror Suzy Lee *****
City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems *****
Dogs Emily Gravett *****
Santa Claus the World's #1 Toy Expert Marla Fraze *****
The Peace Book Todd Parr *****
A Birthday For Frances Russell Hoban *****
The Little House Virginia Lee Burton *****
Zen Shorts Jon J Muth *****
A Baby Sister For Frances Russell Hoban *****
Best Friends for Frances Russell Hoban *****
Zen Ties Jon J Muth *****
Adele & Simon Barbara McClintock *****
Head over Heels Genevieve Cote *****
The Empty Pot Demi *****
Bear Snores On Karma Wilson *****
Who's Hiding Satoru Onishi *****
Say Hello! Rachel Isadora *****
Shadow Suzy Lee *****
Caps For Sale Esphyr Slobodkina *****
Prayer for a Child Rachel Field *****
How to Be Lisa Brown *****
Bink and Gollie Kate Dicamillo *****
The Pout-Pout Fish Deborah Diesen *****
A Sick Day for Amos McGee Philip C. Stead *****

Must Read List:

Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit Catherine Rayner ****
Jitterbug Jam Barbara Jean Hicks ****
Wanted: The Perfect Pet Fiona Roberton ****
Orange Pear Apple Bear Emily Gravett ****
The Great Doughnut Parade Rebecca Bond ****
Punk Farm Jarret J. Krosoczka ****
Bridget's Beret Tom Lichtenheld ****
What the Ladybug Heard Julia Donaldson ****
I love my little story book Anita Jeram ****
Have You Ever Seen a Sneep Tasha Pym ****
Earl the Squirrel Don Freeman ****
Little Bear's Christmas Janice ****
One Morning in Maine Robert McCloskey ****
The Hound from the Pound Jessica Swaim ****
The Littlest Angel Charles Tazwell ****
Little Tree e.e. cummings ****
Imogene's Antlers David Small ****
If You Take a Mouse To School Laura Numeroff ****
How Rocket Learned to Read Tad Hills ****
Bridget Fidget and the Most Perfect Pet! Joe Berger ****
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats ****
Winter is the Warmest Season Lauren Stringer ****
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Charlotte Zolotow ****
Follow The Line around the World Laura Ljungkvist ****
Not a Stick Antoinette Portis ****
Good Luck  Bear Greg Foley ****
Tyrannosaurus Drip Julia Donaldson ****
Ivy Loves to Give Freya Blackwood ****
Norman the Doorman Don Freeman ****
My Map Book Sara Fanelli ****
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? Elizabeth Bluemle ****
In a Blue Room Jim Averbeck ****
Big Sister, Little Sister LeUyen Pham ****
Cupcake Charise Mercile Harper ****
The Terrible Plop Ursula Dubosarsky ****
Benno and the Night of Broken Glass Meg Wiviott ****
Harry and LuLu Arthur Yorkins ****
Thank You Bear Greg Foley ****
Bear's New Friend Karma Wilson ****
Hansel and Gretel Rachel Isadora ****
Jamberry Bruce Degen ****
Polar Bear Night Lauren Thompson ****
Diary of a Wombat Jackie French ****
The Selfish Giant Oscar Wilde ****
Katy No-Pocket Emmy Payne ****
Circle Dogs Kevin Henkes ****
The Upside Down Riddle Book Louis Phillips ****
Many Moons James Thurber ****
Apples & Oranges Sara Pinto ****
Ben's Trumpet Rachel Isadora ****
Old Bear and His Cub Olivier Dunrea ****
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman ****
Princess Grace Mary Hoffman ****
Zen Ghosts Jon J Muth ****
Duck! Rabbit! Amy Krouse Rosenthal ****
My Friend Rabbit Eric Rohmann ****
Guyku Bob Raczka ****
Dinosaur VS. Bedtime Bob Shea ****
Bloom! Maria Van Lieshout ****
The Pet Dragon Christoph Niemann ****
Madlenka Peter Sis ****
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! Mo Willems ****
Snow is my Favorite and my Best Lauren Child ****
Grace For President Kelly Dipucchio ****
Lemons are Not Red Laura Vaccaro Seeger ****
365 Penguins Jean-Luc Fromental ****
A Book About Color Mark Gonyea ****
Madlenka's Dog Peter Sis ****
McDuff Goes to School Rosemary Wells ****
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Mem Fox ****
Harry and Horsie Katie Van Camp ****
Ella Takes the Cake Carmela & Steven D'amico ****

Check it Out List:

Bear Feels Scared Karma Wilson ***
The Quiet Book Deborah Underwood ***
Pearl Barley & Charlie Parsley Aaron Blabey ***
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Mark Teague ***
Alphabet Mystery Audrey Wood ***
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum LIsa Wheeler ***
Little Rabbit Goes to School Harry Horse ***
A Penguin Story Antoinette Portis ***
Moonbear Frank Asch ***
Yuck! That's Not a Monster Angela McAllister ***
The Little Flower King Kveta Pacovska ***
Waiting for Wings Lois Ehlert ***
Would They Love a Lion? Kady MacDonald Denton ***
Clarice Bean Guess Who's Babysitting Lauren Child ***
Nobody Notices Minerva Wednesday Kirwan ***
Bedtime Bunnies Wendy Watson ***
Roxaboxen Barbara Cooney ***
The Django Levi Pinfold ***
Don't Slam the Door! Dori Chaconas ***
Big Red Lollipop Rukhsana Khan ***
Where's My Mom? Julia Donaldson ***
You Can't Take a Ballon into the Metropolitan Museum Jaqueline Preiss Weitzman ***
The Bog Baby Jeanne Willis ***
Guji, Guji Chih-Yuan Chen ***
Beware of the Frog William Bee ***
Miss Mouse's Day Jan Ormerod ***
Cronelius P. Mud, Are you Ready for Bed? Barney Saltzberg ***
If... Sarah Perry ***
Those Darn Squirrels! Adam Rubin ***
Monty James Stevenson ***
It's Picture Day Today! Megan McDonald ***
What are you So Grumpy about? Tom Lichtenheld ***
Not Afraid of Dogs Susanna Pitzer ***
Hondo and Fabian Peter McCarty ***
Is That You, Winter? Stephen Gammell ***
Fanny's Dream Caralyn Buehner ***
The Everything Machine Matt Novak ***
Holly & Ivy Rumer Godden ***
The Jolly Mon Jimmy Buffett ***
Monsters Eat Whiny Children Bruce Eric Kaplan ***
Jeremy Draws a Monster Peter McCarty ***
The Pearl Helme Heine ***
The Birthday Doll Jane Cutler ***
The Boys Jeff Newman ***
Nobody Liz Rosenber ***
What Shall We do With the Boo-Hoo Baby? Cressida ***
Don't Forget to Come Back Robie H. Harris ***
Always Alison McGhee ***
Tiger and Turtle James Rumford ***
Oddly Joyce Dunbar ***
Take Me out of the Bathtub Alan Katz ***
The Sugar Mouse Cake Gene Zion ***
Bah! Humbug? Lorna &Lecia Balian ***
The Wonder Book Amy Krouse Rosenthal ***
Bartleby Speaks! Robin Cruise ***
Pirate Girl Cornelia Funke ***
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Marla Fraze ***
Mouse Was Mad Linda Urban ***
Too Loud Lily Sofie Laguna ***
Grandpa & Bo Kevin Henkes ***
Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathman ***
Epossumondas Coleen Salley ***
10 Minutes Til Bedtime Peggy Rathman ***
The Runaway Duck David Lyon ***
One of Each MaryAnn Hoberman ***
Muldoon Pamela Duncan Edwards ***
Pete the Sheep-Sheep Jackie French ***
Tammaso and the Missing Line Matteo Pericoli ***
Tuesday David Wiesner ***
Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber ***
Elmer in the Snow David McKee ***
I Like Myself! Karen Beaumont ***
Squirrel's New Year's Resolution Pat Miller ***
Duck in the Truck Jez Alborough ***
Three Silly Girls Grubb John & Ann Hassett ***
Thing-Thing Cary Fagan ***
Baby Brains and Robomom Simon James ***
Mail Harry to the Moom Robie H. Harris ***
Hi, Harry! Martin Waddell ***
Too Many Fairies Margaret Read McDonald ***
Tabitha's Terrifically Tough Tooth Charlotte Middleton ***
One Dog Canoe Mary Casanova ***
When You Are Happy Eileen Spinelli ***
Sally and the Purple Socks Lisze Bechtold ***
How to be a Baby by Me the Big Sister Sally Lloyd-Jones ***
The Seven Silly Eaters Mary Ann Hoberman ***
Mirror Mirror Marilyn Singer ***
Princess Says Goodnight Naomi Howland ***
Kiss Good Night Amy Hest ***
Chicken Cheeks Michael Ian Black ***
The Purple Coat Amy Hest ***
Wallace's Lists Barbara Bottner ***
Oops! Jean-Luc Fromental ***
The Ring Went Zing Sean Taylor ***
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain Jonathan Emmett ***
Lyle at the Office Bernard Waber ***
So Sleepy Story Uri Shulevitz ***
13 Words Lemony Snicket ***
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You Mary Ann Hoberman ***
Don't Want to Go! Shirley Hughes ***
Me and You Anthony Browne ***
Mama, I'll Give You the World Roni Schotter ***
The Growing Story Ruth Krauss ***
I Kissed the Baby! Mary Murphy ***
Everywhere Babies Marla Fraze ***
Big Plans Bob Shea ***
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson ***
Milo and the Magical Stones Marcus Pfister ***
Pecan Pie Baby Jacueline Woodson ***
Star of the Week Barney Saltzberg ***
Sugar Cookies Amy Krouse Rosenthal ***
The Never-Forgotten Doll Jack Canfield ***
It's Time to Sleep, My Love Nancy Tillman ***
A Book Mordicai Gerstein ***
Smitten David Gordon ***
Tuff Fluff Scott Nash ***
George and Martha James Marshall ***
Duck and Goose Tad Hills ***
Swimmy Leo Leonni ***
Twelve Princesses Rachel Isadora ***
Hurry Up, Slow Down Layn Marlow ***
Pea Blossom Amy Lowry Poole ***
The Red Book Barbara Lehman ***
The Snow Day Komako Sakai ***
Bandit Karen Rostoker-Gruber ***
Last Night I Dreamed a Circus Maya Gottfried ***
John Coltrane's Giant Steps Chris Raschka ***
Tea with Milk Allen Say ***
Hey, Al Arthur Yorkins ***
The One and Only Marigold Florence Parry Heide ***
The Little Matchstick Girl Hans Christian Anderson ***
Odd Velvet Mary E. Whitcomb ***
When the Elephant Walks Keiko Kasza ***
On Meadowview Street Henry Cole ***
Little Donkey And The Birthday Present Rindert Kromhout ***


As always, Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think of the list. What is your current Fave?
♥ Tarin