at the bookstore: new mama musts ...
April 25, 2016
So my trip to stacks this week was not for me, but instead to make sure that a friend’s little one does not enter a home without the essentials. I had to limit myself a bit, because there are so many, but what I got is a start.


Babylit Sherlock Homes in the Hound of the Baskervilles
by Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver
and
Babylit Alice in Wonderland
by Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver
I love the use of classics to explore colors, sounds and new ideas. These books have beautiful art and draw in unexpected, fun ways on their source material.

Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
My hero in children’s books; I am inspired by his illustration and writing with every thousand-and-one reads. He captures childhood so effortlessly. (Again my hero, I loved how he matter-of-factly rejected the future of books in electronic form.)
I stopped there for now, but these are without question needed in the future:

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
An entrancing rhythm and flow, and a message that is so important. I still find a guiding light in this book myself.

Adventures with Barefoot Critters
by Teagan White
The illustration is perfect, the get-up-and-play tone is easy to believe in, and there is more complexity in this book than I even noticed without the help of a very observant niece. This book does so many things!
And while I was browsing the children’s section, a new middle-grade caught my eye:

My Life with the Liars
by Caela Carter
This appears to be a middle-grade dystopian, a girl living in black and white when there is color beyond. I am intrigued by the contrast.

