Books, Books and...BOOKS!

As I'm sitting here trying to expend some nervous energy and keep myself busy {I'm just so excited about starting school tomorrow!!!} I thought I'd share with you some of our FAVORITE books!  I may or may not have a spending problem when it comes to buying books for the boys :)

Hope you enjoy the list and if you have any favorites you'd like to share, please do!

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder 

{This is our current favorite.  The boys LOVE it and Isaiah is outside as we speak in his jeans, cowboy boots and hat and Elijah is in pajamas with cowboys on them :)}

  

You Are Special by Max Lucado

Otis by Loren Long

{All of the books in this series are great.}

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

{This one never gets old in our house!}

Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall

Little Bear Treasury by Else Holmelund Minarik 

Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel

The Pokey Little Puppy's First Christmas - a Little Golden Book

{this is currently one of Elijah's favorites :)}

Teddy's Button retold by Mark Hamby

{This is an AMAZING book}

Dangerous Journey:  The Story of Pilgrims Progress 

{Uses the original words of John Bunyan, carefully selected by Oliver Hunkin}

I know each of these books will be lifelong favorites for our family.  Each one has such sweet memories.

Here's a list of a few books we have on our list to read this school year--so excited to get started!

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

Stuart Little by E.B. White

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

The Ugly Ducklin by Hans Christian Anderson

What are some of your families favorites?