New Book, On The Fringe

A friend of mine wrote this book! That's exciting! I would love to have the patience and focus to write a book. Oh, and the creativity.
It's called On The Fringe, by Courtney King Walker.
She is actually my sister Natalie's sister-in-law. Kinda, sorta family. Almost.
Check it out and keep it on your list of books to read.
It will be out October of this year!

Also, if you are on goodreads, be my friend! http://www.goodreads.com/tlow

An Old Favorite

I rediscovered this sweet Golden Book at my parents house recently.
'We Help Mommy' is darling and I only wish my little ones were so helpful!
That's why we're reading it now.


My mom wrote my name in the cover for me when I was a little girl.

Used Books?

Last night my sister in law Erica took me with her to a new Used Book store Pre-Sale.

Let me just start by saying that I came home with 50 children's books for $14. FIFTY BOOKS.

AWESOME.

This store is called Jensen's Books and is located in South Logan, just South of Black Hawk Condos and very close to the SEI outlet (scrapbook). It will be open for business on Friday the 13th! I think it will be a good luck day for them:)

They have so many books, pallets and boxes and tables and tables of books. They are working hard to sort them all out for opening. They have all kinds of books, seriously, you name it, they have it.

Once they open you can go shopping. Fill a plastic grocery sack with as many books as it can hold and it will only cost you $7. So sweet.

I walked away with great finds such as:

Go Away Big Green Monster(Erica found it first and gave it to me!),

Pinkalicious,

board books by Sandra Boynton,

10 Little Ladybugs,

Strega Nona,

Little Critter Books,

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid Of Anything,

If You Give A Pig A Pancake,

Mama Do You Love Me,

and a brand new (uncreased) Goodnight Moon.

I was very pleased. There were so many more to look through too.

I was told that they will have a whole new inventory every month.

So if you're a book-aholic like me, it's worth going back over and over.

Let me know if you're in the area andwant more directions.

Halloween Reading List

Favorite Halloween Children's Books?

I need some festive spooky and fun books for this holiday.

I don't own that many, but I'm trying to slowly increase my library here.

On our shelves:

Piggie Pie

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

some book I can't remember the name of, a small board book about growing pumpkins:)

In our shopping carts: (virtual/someday soon)

Frank was a Monster who wanted to dance

The little old lady who wasn't afraid of anything

Too Many Pumpkins

Five Little Pumpkins

So, that's a short list. Any suggestions? I would love to hear about your favorite books you read with your kids, or your own childhood favorite.

Also, what about adult books? I'm not much into gory stuff, or evil. So that may narrow my Halloween options a bit.

And just for fun, these photos are from Halloweens Past.

Naomi with girl friends Alayna (Snow White) and Abby (Hawaiian Princess) last year.

Naomi the Monkey with BFF Abby the Princess

Well now what?

I finished New Moon and Eclipse in record time, starting counting from the time they were actually IN my hands:) For those not familiar with those titles let me enlighten you! And change your world. JK. Sortof. Stephenie Meyer is the writer of the fabulous and somehow all-consuming Twilight series of books. Her third (Eclipse) was released last month and the fourth will not be out until NEXT SUMMER. So like I said; Now What? They are a story about, well a vampire and a girl. It's a love story but a lot of action too. I know, I KNOW, it sounds totally weird and lame, I mean REALLY, a VAMPIRE? But you just have to trust me on this one. They are very, very good. Oh, and also CLEAN. That's something that's become as hard to come by in books as it is in movies now days.
It's weird that books can be so consuming or engrossing or whatever for lack of a better vocabulary. But really- what is it about some books, including hers that does that to me and loads of other people too. I'm serious, EVERYONE is talking about these books. I mean I seriously can't put them down! I read until 2 a.m. and sneak in pages while Naomi is otherwise occupied and spend all of Naomi's nap time reading. So much for cleaning or anything else I used to do. So I guess on that note it's a good thing I've finished the series so far.
I'll be anxiously awaiting the next book and of course searching for other very worthwhile (I mean time-wasting) books to read in the meantime.

And one for the girls.....

So I've been wanting to buy the book: The Dangerous Book For Boys for my Dad for fathers day but haven't gotten around to it just yet. But the big news is that now there is a fabulous adventuresome book for girls too! The Daring Book For Girls. It sounds like a whole lot of fun, especially since I had a rather "tom-boy" girlhood. I'm excited to get my own copy to share with Naomi. Hopefully I'll show her how to climb trees, skip stones and build a rope swing someday.

From Mothertalk.com:
"Among the contents will be chapters on: what you need for an essential toolkit; five karate moves every girl should know; important women of the last century; ghost stories and rainy day games; famous women spies; how to change a tire; campfire songs; stocks and bonds; making a zip line in your backyard; and more!"