Building a Library - Joan Lennon

About a year ago, I posted about books From Back When. I have a library of favourite books that were read to me when I was little, and that I read to my boys when they were little, and now we're building a library for my grandson who is little. (He's 3 now.) We've found copies of some of the (very) old favourites. And every week, on Thursday morning, he and I go to the local public library and trawl through the overly-packed boxes in the picture book section. And we are finding treasure! Here are just a few of the books that we found and are gradually buying for Arran to keep for when he has children of his own.

(These are of course just what's home from the public library at the moment and therefore available to be photographed. There have been many more!)

In no special order:

The Queen's Lift-off written and illustrated by Steve Antony, for the fabulously detailed pictures

I am Bat written and illustrated by Morag Hood, simply for Bat - 'I am ferocious like a lion. (But smaller and with wings.)'

And one more Morag Hood - Teapot Trouble - because I am in love with Tiny Horse and his irrepressible enthusiasm

On the Night of the Shooting Star written by Amy Hest and illustrated by Jenni Desmond, if for no other reason than it includes the sentence 'The cocoa is hot, the biscuits sublime.'

Who knows what we may discover next Thursday! Meantime, any suggestions for Arran's library gratefully received.

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