Tuesday Musings #10

Do you collect anything? If so, what? If not then, why…or what would you collect if you had to start a collection? Pictures please!

I collect Mercer Mayer children’s books mainly, the Little Critter Series.

I got started when I had Jacob. Carrie, a friend of mine from Oregon ,(we met at BYU & have been friends for almost 19 years now) sent me a book- "Mi Abuela y Yo" roughly translated, “Grandma & Me”.

Being that Jacob was my first child and he was a boy, these books fit us well because Hannah came next. I think I have 5 books in Spanish, the rest in English. I love "ME TOO!"

I have 123 books in all and I’m not quite finished.

They fit all kinds of topics:

This may be my Favorite Favorite- Its Little Critter pretending to be a Sailor in his backyard.

I am not sure if you will be able to make this picture larger to read the print but it says:

I stand watch on the bridge. Then: Uh oh. A storm is coming up.

Each book has a tiny grasshopper, spider & a mouse that you can use to play "I spy" with.

IF you look at each cover above you can find them.

This is a link that tells a little about the author who is also an illustrator. You may have seen his illustrations in A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog; Frog Goes to Dinner ; The Great Brain Series.

http://www.littlecritter.com/about_mercer_mayer.html

Well, this is the first and possibly the only time I will be early in posting for Tuesday Musings!

I hope I've shared something worth your interest because I love to share what I love with others.