Great Websites

My sister-in-law recommended this great website to us: http://www.storylineonline.net/
It has videos of famous actors reading fun books. My daughter loves it and keeps requesting the "stripe story" featured above. She just watched it a minute ago so I could go put the baby down for a nap. Go check it out.
Got a site to recommend (for the kids or the moms)?

Our Favorite Stories

This is Alfie and Sam Bear. They are my kids' bears they named after their favorite stories (the one shown and Green Eggs and Ham). My kids love books! In fact, this post is made possible because my kids are in their room reading stories to each other. I taught elementary school and have a great love for children's literature (it's about my attention span :0) ). I love hitting thrift stores and finding great titles in good shape for 10 cents a piece. But libraries introduce your kids to a world of stories and we keep a library box by our couch to make them easy to return. I noticed a "Top 100 Children's Books" poster at our library and think we'll make that our summer reading list. Here are some of our favorite titles right now:

Pinkalicious; Good Night Alfie Bear; Hooray for Grandma Jo; Where the Wild Things Are (my two-year-olds absolute favorite); Chicka Chicka Boom Boom; Lilly and the Purple Plastic Purse (and other Kevin Henkes books); Bernstein Bears; David Shannon books; If You Give a Pig a Pancake; Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type; Goodnight Moon

Parents magazine "Best Children's Books by Age"
Got a book (or list) to recommend? Leave a comment and share the joy of reading!