Mommy Calls Me Repetitious

Oscar has been sick the past 5 days, two of which he ran a fever of 104 degrees. Yikes! All he wanted you to do was hold him and read books. I love books. I love to read. Which is why I made a point to make sure Oscar has a well rounded, plentiful library. What no one warned me about is he would become completely attached to six books out of his 100+ book collection and drive us crazy with having to read such a limited selection over and over and over and over and over again. Chris and I do not even have to look at the pages anymore, we know these books by heart! Also he will not let us read each book in a series, he only wants you to read one of these six books 20 times in a row. Then I found out at school this week that he is torturing his teachers with the books in the classroom! We have even tried hiding them in hopes he will pick another book, but he finds them! Hidden behind other books, under sofa cushions, in our room......... I think he has a tracking device on these books or they are calling to him in their hidden places! He then finds them, runs to you holding the book, shows you the book you have nightmares about, and begs you until you read it! I thought I would show you his six books, maybe they will bring back memories from your childhood, or maybe this post will remind you of your own repetitive loving children. (Sorry Granny, I know I had you read Shoes for Angela about a thousand times.)

This lovely book, written by Bill Martin Jr. with illustrations by the immensely talented Eric Carle, is Oscar's #1 favorite book out of the six. Aunt Valerie gave him this book when I was only 8 weeks pregnant, which was his very first gift.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. As I said above, Eric Carle is just terrific! I believe Oscar identifies with the caterpillar because he eats a great deal in this book and Oscar loves to eat.

Of course Oscar loves this book because it has two of his favorite subjects: bears and eating. Bear Wants More is a great story about a bear who wakes up from hibernation and cannot seem to eat enough. Oscar feels your pain, Bear. This is also part of an amazing series by Karma Wilson which feature Bear and his friends, I highly recommend this series.

Wonderful book that teaches toddlers sounds that animals make with wonderful, brightly colored, large illustrations. Oscar loves to get to the dogs and say "Woof, Woof".

Very cute and catchy book about the nicknames moms give their babies, such as monkeypants. New author J.D. Lester has only two books available so far, but I highly recommend them as gifts to any mom or dad to read to their baby. Her other book is Daddy Calls Me Doodlebug and is currently available for pre-order.

Jamberry is a story of a boy and a bear (what a surprise) gathering berries for jam. Some of you will know Bruce Degen from his illustrations in The Magic School Bus series. The illustrations alone in this book are worth the purchase, but the story and its rhymes are equally worth the purchase.

My favorite book as a child. I have the copy my Granny read over and over at my house, and I still read it every now and then. I also, like Angela, love my shoes.