There were Christmas books and movies out on display at the library today. Last time I checked, it’s not even October yet.

What is this world coming to?

Or, better yet: where has the year gone?

For A/K:
My Goldfish, Barroux
Miranda’s Beach Day, by Holly Keller
Hook, by Ed Young
Baby Baby Blah Blah Blah!, by Jonathan Shipton/Illus. by Francesca Chessa
Mrs. Muffly’s Monster, by Sarah Dyer**
The Bold Boy, by Malachy Doyle/Illus. by Jane Ray
Strega Nona: Her Story, by Tomie dePaola**
Big Wolf and Little Wolf, by Sharon Phillips Denslow/Illus. by Cahtie Felstead**
The Dumb Bunnies, by Sue Denim/Illus. by Dav Pilkey

For C:
She’s still working on OOTP, but I picked this one up for her, anyway.
Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini: Captured and Sold as a Slave in Rome – AD 107, by Richard Platt and David Parkins

For M:
Brutal, by Michael Harmon
Prophecy of the Sisters, by Michelle Zink
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
Shine, Coconut Moon, by Neesha Meminger*

For me:
Sweetness in the Belly, by Camilla Gibb
The roundup is either at Reading Adventures or A Striped Armchair.

*Ones that M eventually read.
**Picture books we really liked.