Two books

"Got two books at the library yesterday," Isaac said tonight as he was supposed to be falling asleep. "Called I Love Tractors and I Play with Tractors."

We did get two books about tractors at the library yesterday, but (as you might have guessed) those are not the titles. I think Isaac might have been making a joke, because he does know the actual names of the books.* Or maybe he was using book titles as an allegory for his own life.

I don't take Isaac to our local library very often, mostly because I work at a better library -- better collection, better borrowing policies, and plus I'm already there once a week so it's easy to pick up my requests and return items. Isaac is still very excited when I return from work bearing books, and he always enjoys the books I bring him, but I should also take him to the library in person -- he's old enough to begin learning how to choose his own books, a skill that will last him throughout his life.

We had two particular titles in mind yesterday, so we looked them up in the online catalog before we went to the library. Isaac enjoyed this process, especially looking at the little pictures of the covers. We stopped off at the library's cafe first and split a chocolate-chocolate chip cookie. Isaac enjoyed this as well, and he ate his half very slowly as he sat straight and serious at our little table. Later we walked through the plaza in front of the library and looked at the sculpture on display. It was like a date.

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*The books were Digger Man and Dig, Dig, Digging, if you must know. I have my problems with Digger Man, which I will perhaps address in a future post.