I love our weekly Library Day. I don’t know why. As soon as we enter the building, my daughter yanks her hand from mine and runs around using her “outside voice” to share her excitement, paying absolutely no attention to the shelves and stacks of books surrounding her. Not exactly enlightening- for her or for me.
But I still love it. I love the smell of libraries- you know what I’m talking about, right? The smell of books is absolutely intoxicating. It can take me back to memories of my childhood faster than a bag of popples or Pound Puppies (if the word popples just made you smile with memories, you must be a product of the 80’s).
So, even though a library visit for me now resembIes the lucky winner of a 10 minute shopping spree (picture me running around like a crazy person, throwing random books into my bag while chasing and shushing my daughter), I still love the nostalgia and the comfort of a library.
And it’s double fun for me since I never really know what I’ve picked out in my mad dash until I arrive home and go through the stash with my eager toddler (who, of course, is completely calm once we enter our house)!
This week, when I arrived home, I began reading this story book to my daughter. Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford.
I was enthralled. My impatient daughter wanted me to turn the pages, but I wanted to crawl inside of each page to spend time searching and observing. The artwork is gorgeous! Let me repeat that: Gorgeous!
The story is equally gorgeous- a boy in modern day Baghdad learns deep meanings about peace and war by practicing calligraphy- beautiful calligraphy which graces the pages as part of the beautiful artwork.
This is one I am going to have to buy. And I don’t buy books very often. (I’m a cheapskate- but that’s another post.)
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Libraries are the best!!!! You were ahead of me on SITS (I’m pretty tired this morning too.) This book sounds really interesting. I’m a Harry Potter fan, work in a museums, and love cool children’s books. (And I have a toddler too!) Hope to see you around…
I always took my kids to story time at the library. Oh how they loved it. They still love to read.
Dropped by from SITS.
I just walked to my library today. I love going there!
We just love the library too. Sammi went through withdrawls during the move and settling into a new place. She was so happy to be in a library last week!
I don’t particularly care for the smell of most libraries, but I like the view of books after books after books!