2011年7月20，星期三

昨天下班带俩娃去图书馆，打算照老师的暑假读书单再借几本。没想到，查了十本，全显示已借出。那可是全乡九个镇的图书馆系统，居然没有一本书可以马上拿到手。最近的一本俺排在第二位，最后的那本俺排在，第十二位！按最普通的一本书可以借阅三个星期算，闺女大概今年是无缘此书了。看来暑假大家都一头扎进书海啦。

言归正传，还是《父母》杂志，学龄儿童必读的23本绘本（The All-Time Best Books for Big Kids, 注：big kids指kindergartens and school-age）。

Bread and Jam for Frances By Russell Hoban

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble By William Steig

Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey

The Little Engine That Could By Watty Piper

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day By Judith Viorst

Chocolatina By Erik Kraft

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse By Kevin Henkes

Fireman Small By Wong Herbert Yee

Stone Soup By Marcia Brown

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale By Mo Willems

The Indian in the Cupboard By Lynne Reid Banks

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs By Judi Barrett

The Velveteen Rabbit By Margery Williams

Elizabeti's Doll By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Giggle, Giggle, Quack By Doreen Cronin

I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem By Jamie Lee Curtis

Olivia By Ian Falconer

If You Take a Mouse to School By Laura Numeroff

Tikki Tikki Tembo By Arlene Mosel

Thank You, Amelia Bedelia By Peggy Parish

Tea with Milk By Allen Say

The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein

Nate the Great By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat