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Hot Wheels Track is great for future engineers

I would highly recommend for a two-five year old Hot Wheels Track.  If you can find this at Toys R Us, it is a good deal.   I would get two of them for more variety. 

Hot Wheels Kids Picks Track Pack - Mattel - Toys"R"Us

Hot Wheels Kids Picks Track Pack

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Hot Wheels Track Pack 39 Pieces – In…

Mattel

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I would also recommend: 

Hot Wheels Booster - Mattel - Toys"R"Us

Hot Wheels Booster

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This is the kind of track you use with regular Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars. It is fun!

Hot Wheels 20 Car Pack

Mattel

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Music Parenting website

Great Music for Four to Six Year Olds: Justin Roberts, Bill Harley, Jack Hartmann, and VeggieTales Jonah’s Overboard Sing-Along

We are loving this CD from the Durham County Library.  It is perfect for our five year old.  Great songs about getting a new baby sister and taking off your training wheels and "my brother did it."  

Meltdown!

Justin Roberts

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Meltdown!

Justin Roberts

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We also liked `Cuz We're Cousins and If Mama Had Four Hands on:

Go Waggaloo

Sarah Lee Guthrie …

Best Price $3.83 
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We continue to really enjoy: 

VeggieTales

VeggieTales

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and a bit edgy (probably better for kids 6 years or older) but the songs are fantastic:

Down in the Backpack

Bill Harley

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For a 2-5 year old, this is great:

I've Got Music In Me Volume 1

Jack Hartmann

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The five year old is also loving: Lose My Soul by TobyMac on: 

WOW Hits 2009

Various Artists

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 See my other posts in the Music category.

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Library Books Parenting website

50 New Library Books

I'm excited about 50 new library books that I ordered tonight.  I mostly drew from 

Requested Title Status Position Expires Suspend Until
All about Alfie / Shirley Hughes.
by Hughes, Shirley.
E HUGHES, S.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
 

The biggest bear.
by Ward, Lynd, 1905-
E WARD, L.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The cat in the hat comes back! / By Dr. Seuss.
by Seuss, Dr.
ER SEUSS, DR.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 10/07/2010  
Chester's way / by Kevin Henkes.
by Henkes, Kevin.
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Encore for Eleanor / Bill Peet.
by Peet, Bill.
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
How Droofus the dragon lost his head, written and illustrated by Bill Peet.
by Peet, Bill.
E PEET, B.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Johnny Crow's garden : a picture book / drawn by L. Leslie Brooke.
by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940.
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 10/07/2010  
The Josefina story quilt / by Eleanor Coerr ; pictures by Bruce Degen.
by Coerr, Eleanor.
ER COERR, E.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Kermit the hermit / written and illustrated by Bill Peet.
by Peet, Bill.
E PEET, B.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Lilly's purple plastic purse / by Kevin Henkes.
by Henkes, Kevin.
E HENKES, K.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 3 10/07/2010  
Little Donkey close your eyes / Margaret Wise Brown ; illustrated by Ashley Wolff.
by Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952.
E BROWN, M.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Millions of cats / Wanda Gag.
by Gag, Wanda, 1893-1946.
E GAG, W.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
My father's dragon / story by Ruth Stiles Gannett ; illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett.
by Gannett, Ruth Stiles.
JF GANNETT, R.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Rip-roaring Russell / Johanna Hurwitz ; illustrated by Debbie Tilley.
by Hurwitz, Johanna.
JF HURWITZ, J.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Rumpelstiltskin / retold & illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky ; from the German of the Brothers Grimm.
by Zelinsky, Paul O.,
E ZELINSKY, P.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Sheep in a shop / Nancy Shaw ; illustrated by Margot Apple.
by Shaw, Nancy (Nancy E.)
E SHAW, N.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Sing, Sophie! / Dayle Ann Dodds ; illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger.
by Dodds, Dayle Ann.
E DODDS, D.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Stuart Little / E.B. White ; pictures by Garth Williams ; watercolors of Garth Williams ; artwork by Rosemary Wells.
by White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-
JF WHITE, E.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The three billy goats Gruff / Paul Galdone.
by Galdone, Paul.
E GALDONE, P.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Tikki tikki tembo [sound recording] / retold by Arlene Mosel.
by Mosel, Arlene.
READALONG E MOSEL, A.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
We're going on a bear hunt / retold by Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
by Rosen, Michael, 1946-
E ROSEN, M.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The wedding procession of the rag doll and the broom handle and who was in it / by Carl Sandburg ; pictures by Harriet Pincus.
by Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967.
E SANDBURG, C.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.
by Silverstein, Shel.
J 811 SILVERSTEIN
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Wolf story / by William McCleery ; with illustrations by Warren Chappell.
by McCleery, William.
JF MCCLEERY, W.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 10/07/2010  

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Animals : a children's encyclopedia.
 
RJ 590.3 ANIM
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Appalachia : the voices of sleeping birds / by Cynthia Rylant ; illust
rated by Barry Moser.
by Rylant, Cynthia.
J 974.009 RYLANT
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The baby's catalogue / Janet and Allan Ahlberg.
by Ahlberg, Janet.
E AHLBERG, J.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Baseball / written by James Kelley.
by Kelley, James, 1963-
J 796.357 KELLEY
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
Big book of rescue vehicles / Caroline Bingham.
by Bingham, Caroline, 1962-
J 629.04 BINGHAM
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Big sister now : a story about me and our new baby / written by Annette Sheldon ; illustrated by Karen Maizel.
by Sheldon, Annette.
E SHELDON, A.
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
Brand-new baby blues / words by Kathi Appelt ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy.
by Appelt, Kathi, 1954-
E APPELT, K.
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
Chicago Bears / Pat Ryan.
by Ryan, Pat.
J 796.332 RYAN
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  

Chicago Bulls / Tom Peterson.
by Peterson, Tom, 1963-
J 796.323 PETERSON
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
The dreamer / Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Barry Moser.
by Rylant, Cynthia.
E RYLANT, C.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Elisabeth / Claire A. Nivola.
by Nivola, Claire A.
E NIVOLA, C.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Eyewitness NASCAR / written by James Buckley, Jr.
by Buckley, James, 1963-
J 796.72 BUCKLEY
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Fire truck / Caroline Bingham.
by Bingham, Caroline, 1962-
J 628.925 BINGHAM
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The garden of Abdul Gasazi / written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg.
by Van Allsburg, Chris.
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Go!
 
J 629.04 GO
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
The great big book of mighty machines / Jean Coppendale and Ian Graham ; [editor, Paul Manning].
by Coppendale, Jean.
J 629.046 COPPENDALE
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
A new coat for Anna / by Harriet Ziefert ; pictures by Anita Lobel.
by Ziefert, Harriet.
E ZIEFERT, H.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Olympics / written by Chris Oxlade and David Ballheimer ; [photographers, Andy Crawford, Bob Langrish, Steve Teague].
by Oxlade, Chris.
J 796.48 OXLADE
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Peter's chair / Ezra Jack Keats.
by Keats, Ezra Jack.
E KEATS, E.
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
Sara's city / by Sue Alexander ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.
by Alexander, Sue, 1933-
E ALEXANDER, S.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The story of the Chicago Cubs / by Tyler Omoth.
by Omoth, Tyler.
J 796.357 OMOTH
Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/08/2010  
Truck-mania! / by Caroline Bingham.
by Bingham, Caroline, 1962-
J 629.224 BINGHAM
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Tucking Mommy in / by Morag Loh ; illustrated by Donna Rawlins.
by Loh, Morag Jeanette, 1935-
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Two bad ants / Chris Van Allsburg.
by Van Allsburg, Chris.
E VAN ALLSBURG, C.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010