1. Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones.  Need I say more?

2. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Kevin Lewis.  This has been a favorite for years around here – I have it memorized.  This is geared more towards Donovan’s age (19 months) but Elias still loves it, too.  I think it’s comforting to him… I know it’s comforting to me.

3. Ten Minutes ’til Bedtime! by Peggy Rathmann.  We have the board book version – and I love it!  There is always something new to see – and it’s been another book we’ve read for years.  Elias is really getting into all the little details, while Donovan thinks it’s hilarious as I yell the countdown to bedtime…

4. My Big Truck Book from Priddy Books.  What can I say?  We’ve got the boy-genes covered with this one.

5. The Goops and How to Be Them by Gelett Burgess.  The copy we own is the one I used to read growing up.  I love this book – it teaches good manners by pointing out the bad manners that the little kids called “Goops” have.  I remember pouring over the simple illustrations when I was a child, and I love seeing Elias doing the same!

6. An atlas – a 1996 paperback “quick reference” version that we picked up at the used book sale at our library.  We love maps around here… just wait until I show you what I did with Elias’s room…

7. Vacationers from Outer Space by Edward Valfre – another fun one picked up at the library book sale.  Photographs taken during a “road trip” out west provide the framework for this really cute story – basically about a boy with an over-active imagination!

8. Everything I Know About Cars by Tom Lichtenheld.  Hilarious!  We own a couple other books by the same author, and they are all marvelous.

9. Grace and Joe by Maribeth Boelts.  A sweet story about a little girl and her mail-carrier friend, Joe.

10. I Spy: Treasure Hunt – photographs by Walter Wick and riddles by Jean Marzollo.  Hours of endless entertainment for Elias.  We have a couple more of these I Spy books as well, and they do not get old for him.  I really like them because there are suggestions in the back for more things to find for older kids.

So what are you reading with your kids right now?

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