Mommy?

This is the most incredible pop-up book I've ever seen! I saw it on a morning talk show when it was first published and knew it was a must-have. Of course, it helped that Maurice Sendak was the author :)

It's about a little boy who's looking for his mother and there's only one word in the book: Mommy.

My kids love it, but I had to hide it from them until they were old enough to understand how wrong it is to rip pages in a book!

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

This is a great book for Halloween and definitely fun for the kids. They love to follow along with their own actions.

It's about a little old lady who is walking home through the forest one night and is approached by some shoes, pants, a shirt, gloves, a hat and finally, a scary pumpkin head that says, "Boo, Boo!"

Frightened, she runs to her house and locks the door. What happens after that? You'll have to read it to find out!

Popcorn

I have loved this book since childhood! I remember describing it to my mom once, hoping she'd know the title, but neither one of us could remember.

Then, as luck would have it, I was at a yard sale one Saturday morning and found a book with illustrations that were very familiar. As soon as I got home I looked up the author on Amazon and found the book I was looking for!

It's the story of a little bear whose parents leave him home one night while they go to a Halloween party. They ask him to take care of the house while they're gone, but as soon as they're out the door he calls his friends to invite them to a Halloween party of his own.

When someone decides to make popcorn, they make too much and the whole house is filled with popcorn, leaving them no choice but to eat their way out of the house.

My kids love this story just as much as I do and inevitably we end up craving popcorn!