Cute Children’s Books (From My Instagram)

Children’s books are one of the most fun, engaging, educational, and magical components of childhood. I’m sure you remember a good book that someone special read to you when you were little. The page-by-page adventures that transpired before your little eyes, your growing mind. And somehow certain books are engraved into our memory, even after all these years.

I still remember my mom taking us to the library often. We would raid the children’s books bin. Then we would always stop over at videos (Yes, I mean VHS’s!). If we asked mom to read she never said no. So I have some good memories of sitting alongside and following the words on each line.

I remember my first grade teacher reading our class “The Tiny Seed,” by Eric Carle. The following year, our teacher read us “If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.” About third or forth grade I was introduced to “Stone Soup.” All I remember about it was trying to convince my mom that we needed stone soup because next thing I know I was scrubbing a rock to put in our dinner! 😆

There were so many good books growing up! So many! And although I never sat down to read Harry Potter like my friends (don’t judge!), I did find other genres of interest. As I got older it was usually some sort of drama/romance.

My senior year of high school, our Creative Writing teacher offered some extra credit. All we had to do was construct a children’s book. There wasn’t any requirements so I thought, “that’s way too easy for extra credit!” So, me being a right-brain-kinda-gal, I whipped up a cute little story. My teacher was amazed at my work and told me, “Wow! You really should think about being a children’s author!”

Now as a momma to 3 little-ish boys, picking out cute children’s books is a favorite! We make library trips just like my mom did with us. They get so excited to go play with the computers, play kitchen, puzzles, and all that good stuff. Meanwhile, I pick out books about trains, trucks, whales, and even seasonal books, too! There is nothing better than to snuggle up with my boys and a good book!