Book of the Week

Here we are once again. Today once school's out, we're packing up the kids for the long trek to Medicine Hat. It's been ages since we visited the family down there and we're all excited, especally as they have sunny forecasts while ours here in Slave Lake is predicting more snow!
With our upcoming move I am currently in the deplorable condition that most of my books are in boxes. As such, I foresee that I shall become an even more frequent user at our local library. Anyways, here's some good reads.

Knitting Fun:
Unbelievably, I have thus far not mentioned any knitting books on here! This gets remedied now with "Knit 2 Together" by Tracy Ullman and Mel Clark. Don't discount this one (even if you don't actually knit!) Not only is this book crammed with fun projects that set your fingers itching to knit them up, but it's full of fun stories, anecdotes and useful tips about the craft. I've used this book a lot; the cabled legwarmers (or in Ivy's case armwarmers), the baseball tee sweater, etc. and I'm not finished with it yet either. Good fun even just to read and flip through.

Toy Time:
Mo Willems is possibly one of the funniest children writers of the decade. He started out writing for Sesame Street, but has now turned his attention to books. Although justly famous for his hilarious Pigeon books, we first discovered him through his book "Knuffle Bunny". Not many weeks go by before we sign this one out of the library yet again-probably high time that we got our own copy. After an exciting adventure to the laundromat with Daddy, the trip home becomes dramatic once Trixie realizes that her beloved toy is missing. Her attempts at communication coupled with the pictures makes for a wonderful story. Parents and kids alike will chuckle over this one.

Happy reading all!