Today I went to the library by myself! It has been years since I walked through those wonderful doors without the sounds of my children already bickering about who gets to push the books we are returning through the little metal slot. I was able to pick out a few books from the children's section, move to the young adult section and finally walk all the way across the library to the adult section. All in the peace of controlled silence that was not punctuated with the whine of my kids who hate the adult section. It was a bliss I had all but forgotten existed.
I also enjoyed picking out books for my kids that did not have anything to do with princesses, cartoon characters also seen on TV, or anime creatures that have special powers only used for fighting. I spent a good deal of time wandering the waist high shelves filled with books geared towards little minds. Then I moved to the taller racks and got books that Max never would have thought to check out for himself. My last selection was the first book of Little House on the Prairie, which I have promised to read a chapter of every night to Juliana. She carried that book around all evening!
Our bedtime selection for tonight is called DogKu, a story about a stray dog who finds a home. The book is entirely in Haiku. It's a touching book, with just the right amount of words per page. Nothing is lost by sticking with such an abbreviated style of writing, and in fact much is gained. The illustrations are charming and help little listeners better understand the poetry. It was a story time all the more cherished because our little Rikki was nestled between JuJu and I as we read.
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