A Literary Genius

All of the people who have seen the nursery in person have commented on the fact that Baby Girl has a lot of books. Now, to be fair, she really doesn't. You should see my parents' house. They have a ton of books. Stashed all over the house! But I guess for someone who isn't here yet, she does have two full baskets of books.

My sister suggested that I make a master list of books, so we don't get too many duplicates. In fact, we already have 1 set of duplicates... and I think I bought the second one. Strange. The first was from my childhood.

Here is our current list of books:

Books in English

• My First Chanukah
• Biscuit's Hanukkah
• Goodnight Moon
• Green Eggs & Ham
• The Giving Tree
• Pinkalicious
• Oh, the Thinks you can think (2)
• The Story of Ferdinand
• The Baby Unicorn
• The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
• Horton Hears a Who
• Llama Llama home with Mama
• Betty Bunny loves Chocolate Cake
• The Three Little Javelinas 
• I can Name 50 Trees Today
• The Lorax
• McElligot's Pool
• An Aussie Night Before Christmas
• Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes
• Gallop!
• If You Give a Moose a Muffin
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake
• If You Give a Pig a Party
• If You Take a Mouse to School
• Wynken, Blynken, & Nod
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
• Corduroy
• My Treasury of Stories & Rhymes

Books in Spanish

• Muu, muu dice una vaca
• Moncho y la Mancha
• Donde viven los monstruos (Where the Wild Things Are)
• Katy no tiene bolsa (Curious George)
• Jorge el Curioso encuentra trabajo (Curious George Finds a Job)
• Buenas Noches a Todos (The Going to Bed Book)
• Don Caballito de Mar (Mister Seahorse)
• ¿Donde esta Spot? (Where is Spot?)

Bilingual Books - text in both languages

• I want my banana - Quiero mi Platano
• I'm Too Big - Soy demasiado grande
• The Sleeping Beauty - La Bella Durmiente
• Cinderella - Cinicienta
• Jack & the Beanstalk - Juan y los frijoles magicos
• The Little Mermaid - La Sirenita
• Goldilocks - Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos
• Little Red Riding Hood - Caperucita Roja
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar - La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
• Ten Little Fingers - Tengo Diez Deditos

Currently, they all reside mixed together in two wicker baskets on the floor in between the rocker and the crib. I can easily grab them from the basket to read to the dogs or myself. There is also a bookshelf behind the rocker, not so accessible from the rocker. Once we are closer to the end of the pregnancy and the beginning of babyhood, I will separate them by age appropriateness (and what I want to read to her). And from there, books will rotate from the bookshelf to the baskets.

So there you have it. A literary genius in the making. Can't even read, and she has almost more books than she kicks in an hour.