This is something I've always had a love for also. When I was a child, my favorite favorite illustrator was Richard Scarry. Still is my all time favorite if I had to pick one. I couldn't wait to have children of my own and buy them storybooks! The first book I ever read to my daughter was The Country Mouse and the City Mouse, when she was just 3 weeks old. It didn't take long until she was surrounded by books. Baskets of them. I discovered yard sales and would buy oodles of them, many for only 25 cents a piece. Sometimes, if I really hit it lucky, I would get a whole bag or box of them for a few dollars! (I will cover more on the topic of childrens books in the future for sure.) But for now, I wanted to tell everyone that Oliver Jeffers latest book, The Day the Crayons Quit, is the most clever, wonderful book. Has fast become a favorite. You will never look at a box of crayons the same way again. I really hope the crayons can work things out, because a world without crayons would be very plain, very boring, very blank.
