A Time to Keep

This book is beautiful.  I love it for the old-fashioned ideas you can use to celebrate the seasons and holidays in your home.  Tasha Tudor's illustrations, of course, are always lovely.  Makes you want to live *in* the book, if you could :).  A Time to Keep is a keeper.  - Mom

The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth

When the mouse tried to fit in, he fit but the others, when they took a big breath, the mitten broke.  - Yena, 8

Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy

No one would help her until she came to Farmer Brown.  - Yena, 8

Cork and Fuzz

How they fought was kind of cute.  - Yena, 8

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Hanna's Christmas

I wish I had known about this book before!  Written by fellow homeschooling mom Melissa Wiley for the Hanna Andersson company in 2001, it is an utterly charming book that tells about family, home, and Christmas!  It was also a joy to learn about Swedish traditions while reading this book.  I'd buy one except it's now a collectible so yikes, pricey!

Little Oh

Oh, so charming!!  A lovely gem of a book.  Read it aloud while munching on some mochi and sipping some matcha.  Maybe work on  some origami after?

Hana in the Time of the Tulips

Lovely artwork in the style of Rembrandt, by Deborah Noyes.  Explains a (to me) little-known phenomenon that happened in Holland in the 17th century:  tulipomania.  A good book for parents to read to their kids, esp. in light of the economic concerns of our times.  Brings attention to parents' natural desire to provide material security for their family -- but helps us remember that doing this should not happen at the expense of our personal relationships, esp. wth our children.  Excellent reminder for all.

Word Wizard

A cute book for beginning readers, or those who are just beginning to fall in love with words and reading.  Very creative and fun.  Also good for a beginner's study of anagrams. 

The Seven Silly Eaters

Silly, silly, silly, in this case, also means fun, fun, fun and true, true, true.  I love this book!  I should prescribe this to myself for whenever I am having a down day and thinking too seriously about our life, our clutter, esp. in our kitchen, and our food allergies!

Waiting for Noel: An Advent Story

What a find! Our Yena celebrated her 5th birthday on the 22nd, and this was one of the books we read at bedtime.

Maples in the Mist

Can be used for intro to Chinese culture.  Some of the messages may be lost (and a couple of the kids thought this was "boring") but an older kid may appreciate it better.  On the other hand, the illustrations are beautiful enough that it may still appeal to younger children even if they can't fully relate to the poems.

Learned about it from Genevieve at 4Real.