Storybook memories are in the mail each month

To me, there is nothing better than curling up in my recliner with a good book—and  my little Madeline.

In just a few months, “my baby” will be four years old.
I can’t even imagine how many books we’ve read or how many times we’ve read the same book over and over, and over again.
Some of her favorite selections have been delivered right to our mailbox through the Imagination Library of Tuscola County. In fact, Madeline was one of the first kids in Tuscola County to be signed up when it started here January 2009.
Each month, a new storybook, wrapped in shiny plastic, is placed in our mailbox. Her name is printed on the label, making it her very own.
She always spies it quickly.
“Is that for me? Is that my new book?”
Anticipation follows.
“Open it! Read it to me!”
We read it. We read it. We might even read it again.
Most importantly, we dig into the story. As we read, we create voices and growls, squeaks and screams—anything to make the story come alive. We count things in the pictures and discuss how the characters feel and act.
It works.
Very often, Madeline can be found with a book, “reading” it and reciting the general plot of the story in her own way.

Reading all of her Imagination Library books. She loved sorting them out for this photo.