Best Books

Best Books

Best Books is my series of posts that highlights books we find during our book challenge!
These are our finds from week 28.

(Note:  We try to read a minimum of 28 books a week.  The books we list here are our favorites that we found in each week, not necessarily our favorites overall.  Some weeks we find some fantastic books, other weeks we read a lot of fluff.)

Xander's Favorite:

That's Not My Lion by Fiona Watt

We rarely pick up board books from the library, but I grabbed this one on a whim.  Xander absolutely loved it.  We had to read it 5 times in a row, and then he took it to his Granpa.  Basically it is a super short story about why different lions are not the right ones.  It has different textures to feel also.  We are big fans of this series.

Mommy's Favorites:

Bread and Honey by Frank Asch

This book has a bit more history as to why it is my favorite.  When I was really young there was this story that my grandmother read me from a Highlights magazine.  I had loved it so much that she put it in plastic and had to read it to me constantly when I went to visit (only Grandchild and first girl in a family of all boys, I was spoiled rotten adored).  After she died, I never saw the story again (must have gotten lost when my Grandpa moved).  Anyway, I looked for it for the story for YEARS.  I didn't know the title, author, or even if it was a real book rather than just a short story in a magazine.  All I knew was that it was about a bear named Ben who was painting a picture for his mother.  A couple of years ago while I was getting books for my step daughter at the library, I ran across a story with a bear that looked just like Ben. I started looking into the author and eventually found Bread and Honey.  Apparently there is a whole series of books by Franch Asch with a bear called Moon Bear, who is usually pretty dumb.  This book, however, features Ben, and the story I fell in love with when I was little.  I am so happy to have found it to read to my little guy, and will someday share the memory of his amazing great grandmother.
 
  Book Store:

I added an Amazon Store to the blog.  In it I included a shop for our favorite books and will be adding the books from the Best Books posts to it.  I hope having them in one place will make it easier when looking for book suggestions.