JULY WAS BURSTING WITH BOOKS

All of my library holds came in at once this week! So there will be LOTS of picture books read in August! 

I really enjoyed Klassen's The Skull. 

And Braden's Opinions and Opossums was so thought provoking!

I learned a lot reading it.  

When Sea Becomes Sky and The Probability of Everything both deal with grief. And the different ways tweens handle the loss of a loved one. 

Mary Smith was also a super interesting book! My oldest, James, shared an article about people who went around waking other people up before alarm clocks were readily available. Lots of these "knocker-uppers" threw small pebbles at the windows of their clients, waiting to ensure that they were actually up before going to the next person. Mary Smith, however, used a pea shooter! Such a fun historical tid-bit!