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）。

1. Bread and Jam for Frances By Russell Hoban
2. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble By William Steig
3. Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey
4. The Little Engine That Could By Watty Piper
5. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day By Judith Viorst
6. Chocolatina By Erik Kraft
7. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse By Kevin Henkes
8. Fireman Small By Wong Herbert Yee
9. Stone Soup By Marcia Brown
10. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale By Mo Willems
11. The Indian in the Cupboard By Lynne Reid Banks
12. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs By Judi Barrett
13. The Velveteen Rabbit By Margery Williams
14. Elizabeti's Doll By Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
15. Giggle, Giggle, Quack By Doreen Cronin
16. I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem By Jamie Lee Curtis
17. Olivia By Ian Falconer
18. If You Take a Mouse to School By Laura Numeroff
19. Tikki Tikki Tembo By Arlene Mosel
20. Thank You, Amelia Bedelia By Peggy Parish
21. Tea with Milk By Allen Say
22. The Giving Tree By Shel Silverstein
23. Nate the Great By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat