Sadly, our library system covers somewhere around 19 or 20 branches. So the books are hither and yon. And the branch closest to our house, being the one we go to for that very reason, has not had anything new.
For me half the fun of going to the library is browsing. Walking up and down the aisles, seeing titles, touching spines, judging books ENTIRELY by their covers.
I think I've been looking at the exact same books in this particular library for at least a year now.
Of course it didn't help much today that we had the boys with us. Parker was running up and down the aisle, and Spencer was screaming, and the Librarian though Parker was running AND screaming and told him, "We don't run and scream in the library."
So I switched kids. I took the baby, gave him a board book, and tried to entertain him while I browsed, and gave Parker to his Dad who was browsing in the children section anyway.
I hardly found anything at all this time. The 4 I did end up getting I just kind of randomly grabbed so that I could say I have something. I'm not even excited about reading them to be honest. Maybe one of them will be a gem.
First, I did find a few art/craft related books that were not there last time. I think the Big Ass Book of Bling was one I put on hold that I never had a chance to pick up. The other two just showed up there and made me happy to see them on the shelves. I hope they are fun to look at.
1. "Ideas and Inspirations for Art Journals and Sketchbooks"
2. "The Big Ass Book of Bling"
3. "Carve Stamp Play"
And then there were the 4 that I kind of randomly grabbed. I liked the titles, or the covers. I skimmed the jacket cover blurb on each. One of them is by Ray Bradbury. Surely at least 1 of the 4 must be a good read.
1. "From the Dust Returned" by Ray Bradbury
2. "Don't Die Draygonfly" by Linda Joy Singleton
3. "The Uninvited" by Tim Wynne-Jones
4. "Shadow Creek" by Joy Fielding
I didn't browse the children section, but Robert picked out a few books for us to read to Parker. He likes Star Wars, and he likes UmiZoomi. Who knows if he'll like the dog one or not.
1. "Drop it, Rocket" by Tad Hills
2. "Team Umizoomi Top Cops" illustrated by Jason Fruchter
3. "Star Wars Rebels Ezra and the Pilot" Adapted by Jennifer Heddle
And we didn't forget the littlest guy. Well, honestly we probably wouldn't have checked out a book for him, but I had to give him one to play with to keep him from screaming because we wouldn't let him pull the books off of the shelves.
1. "Alice in Wonderland A colors primer" by Jennifer Adams Illustrated by Alison Oliver
2. "Mirabelle and the Bouncy Red Ball" by Michael Muller
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