Baby's First Book

The best children’s book of all time is “If you give a mouse a cookie…”. For those of you that haven’t read it, you are missing out. The point of the story is that when you give this mouse what he wants, he just goes on to want more. If you give a mouse a cookie, he will want a glass of milk, then a napkin, and so on. Eventually he will get hungry again and want a cookie.





I love to read and cannot wait to read bedtime stories to our child, might even start when he/she is in the belly.

But I am outraged at the cost of children’s books. This book cost $15.99!! I don’t buy books for myself that cost that much and this one has less than 50 words in it. Maybe I am paying for the pictures, but I would assume in this day and age, each book is not hand painted, so why is it so freaking expensive?

In Jacksonville, it is hard to drive anywhere on Saturday morning and not see a yard sale. And since Onslow county has the highest birth rate in the state, the majority of items are children’s items. This Saturday, I stopped at a few yard sales and managed to buy children’s books for $0.25. I encourage anyone that has children to share their books or sell them at yard sales. Some will have sentimental value of course (see above on “If you give a mouse a cookie”), but I know there are books that are sitting in attics and basements gathering dust.

I also wrote this particular article to show what I would like at my baby shower!!! Everyone has a favorite children’s book and I think it is sweet and personal to get a present that means something! So keep that in mind…..