Must Have Picture Books Linky Party!

Well, I'm a little behind, but I used The Teacher Wife's linky party to motivate myself to finally go through my books to find my absolute favorites!  

Remember this drama??

Yeah...that was the day I brought in all of those crates and boxes to sort, took one look at them staring back at me and had to take them back out to the garage...it was just too much to manage at the time.  But thanks to Lindsey from The Teacher Wife they are all sorted and are waiting to be put on the shelves.  Her linky party actually lit a little fire just where I needed it and I spent yesterday sorting through my books to find a few of my favorites!  It was hard to keep my list at just five books...but I forced myself to follow the rules!  :)

So without further ado...here are my "Must Have's"!

1. Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

I love reading this story when we come back from Christmas Break!  It's such a beautiful story about Wilson Bentley and his determination to take a picture of a snowflake with his camera.  

2. No Dragons for Tea by Jean E. Pendziwol

This book is about a dragon who is invited for tea and one thing leads to another and there is a fire.  The rhyming text and silly pictures make it a fun read aloud that also teaches some important fire safety rules.

3. Aaaarrgghh, Spider! by Lydia Monks

Now this one is so much fun to read aloud!  It's about a cute little spider who only wants to be the family's pet so he does things around the house to impress the family.  Unfortunately, the family screams and puts the spider outside whenever they find him.  I love to read this one aloud to the kiddos because I literally scream...and they all jump...which is a little bit hilarious!  :)

 4. Doctor De Soto by William Steig

Great classic!  It's so much fun to talk about how the mice outsmart the fox.  I love the illustrations too!  If I were a dentist I'd have these illustrations hanging around my office.  So cute!

5. Thanksgiving at the Tappletons', by Eileen Spinnelli

This one might be hard to find.
The publisher has republished it, but has illustrated
it with animals instead of people.

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday!  No Thanksgiving is complete without this family story!

Well...there you go! 

On a different note, I was just looking at my calendar and had a bit of an anxiety attack...I have something going on every weekend from now until school starts...YIKES!  I think the time has officially come to start buckling down and making some headway in my classroom!  This was my very first summer without classes or having a summer job EVER!  Okay...I probably started working the snack stand at the local pool when 10-12 years old...but still....that's a long time to have my summers filled with assignments and jobs.  Weird feeling but I've loved it!  Can't believe it's coming to an end...

Oh!  Due to my birthday celebration, I've also reached 200+ followers!  Holy smokes!  So tune in tomorrow to see how we're going to celebrate this milestone!  :)

Oh...and one more thing...I think I fixed that robot box thing!  That was like coming home and realizing you have spinach stuck in your teeth after a night out with friends!  (Although my true friends would NEVER let that happen to me!)  Something made me check it by leaving an anonymous comment on my blog last night (make sure you log out of your blog first).  Sorry for all of the vision tests I've been giving those who leave a comment...we should be good to go now!  :)

Have a great Saturday!