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Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire from The Captive Reader and Marg from The Adventures of an Intrepid Reader that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library.

Was June really the last time that I posted a Library Loot post?  Not for the lack of going to the library but rather it seems that my summer just got crazy!  So what are some of the books that we had and currently  have checked out from the library?

Fiction

• How Dolly Parton Saved My Life by Charlotte Connors
• The Things they Carried by Tim O’Brien – LOVED this book!

Non-Fiction

• Church of Lies by Flora Jessop with Paul Brown
• Raising a Reader, A Mother’s Tale of Desperation and Delight by Jennie Nash

Young Adult Fiction

• Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams

Middle Grade Fiction

• Grease Town by Ann Towel

Picture Books

• The Day the Sheep Showed up by David McPhail
• Chester’s Masterpiece by Melanie Watt
• All God’s Creatures by Bill Staines, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
• Shaggy’s Cheesy Lunch
• Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
• ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most
• Monster Fliers, From the Time of Dinosaurs by Elizabeth MacLeod, Illustrated by John Bindon
• The Potty Train by David Hochman & Ruth Kennison, Illustrated by Derek Anderson
• Snore, Dinosaur, Snore! by John Bendall-Brunello
• Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
• Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
• Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland
• Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
• Dinosaur Stomp! by Paul Stickland
• Alice in Wonderland, The Visual Guide
• Shiver Me Letters,  A Pirate ABC by June Sobel, Illustrated by Henry Cole
• Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
• The Day the Dinosaurs Died by Charlotte Lewis Brown, pictures by Phil Wilson
• Dinosaur Train by John  Steven Gurney
• Dinosaur Wars: Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Velociraptor by Michael O’Hearn
• Pop! Pop! Pop! by Starfall
• Gus and His Dog by Starfall
• Bug in a Jug by Starfall
• The Tyrannosaurus Game by Steven Kroll, Illustrated by S.D. Schindler

As you can tell the kids are on a HUGE dinosaur kick at the moment. My oldest has a dinosaur themed birthday in September and for his party we had dinosaur books set up all around the room.  They were a huge hit.

And something that was really exciting this past month is that my library did away with an age limit for children and getting a library card.  So now we have two more cards! This is either a really bad thing (more to keep track of- more fines to pay) or a really good thing (like twice as many books to check out and twice as many holds to utilize – perfect timing for Cybils!).  My oldest is being very protective of his card and always asking me where it is.

So am I now in trouble for having ability to check out 120 books and have 40 holds?  I think I might be.

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