Here’s a peek at what we are reading (over and over and over...) around our house these days!

The baby is now following me around the house with a book in his hands, all but begging me to sit down and read to him. I love this! Mostly he wants to read stories with animals in them. And flaps! Lift-the-flap books are always a huge hit with him. Baby Animals is his current favorite.

My daughter can often be found sitting on the couch with a tower of books next to her. She patiently looks through her books until I manage to tear myself away from dishes or laundry to read to her. I’m not sure she has a favorite book, but we have read Farley Follows His Nose by Lynn Johnston and Beth Cruikshank many, many times the past few days. FARLEY is a sweet book about a dog who runs off after his bath and spends the next few hours sniffing his way through the neighborhood.

My six year old continues to insist he is a pirate, fortunately pirates are hugely popular in children’s fiction right now. Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi and John Manders is a funny tale about Henry who would rather spend his days reading books than learning how to be a pirate. I like this book and have yet to tired of reading it.

My oldest son is still working his way through The Boxcar Children series, but he also enjoys non-fiction. The Nature Activity series are books he has read and re-read for several years now. Science is by far his favorite subject and these books help him learn about many different scientific areas: Rocks, Weather, Birds, and Bugs! Bug Hunter by David Burnie, is one of his favorites in this series.

When I’m not reading any of the above mentioned books, I have been reading The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes. Not quite finished reading it yet, but so far I have enjoyed it tremendously.

Not sure what I will read after AGE OF WONDER. I confess that my books-to-read stack is a wee bit excessive, but I’ll let you know what I pick up next.