Superbooks and My Little Heroes

I leaned against the desk of the children’s library and asked my question. “Hi. I was wondering if you had any superhero picture books?”

Fingers poised over the keyboard of her computer, the librarian turned to ask, “What do you mean by picture books? Like an early reader or something else?”

I shrugged. “Basically anything you’d read aloud to a four-year-old. I brought home a book called The Three Little Superpigs, and he’s had read to him six times now.” I grinned. “And I’d really like something new to read to him.”

And thus began our quest; two librarians and I searching through the shelves of Early Readers to find something the little boys might enjoy. They handed me a large stack of DC and Marvel books as well as a few about a mishap-prone ninja (close enough, right?), and I sat down to look through them.

The ninja books ended up coming home with me (along with two other interesting looking picture books), and I read them aloud to a stack of four funny little boys on our next visit.

They haven’t even seen any superhero movies yet, but they love superheroes so much, they’ve even been making up their own. XD

I love it that they’re learning at a young age to recognize that heroes are those who fight evil and help others, and already I know that by following our ultimate Hero, they’ll become heroes who love others and stand up for truth themselves.

And I’m grateful I get to be a part of their lives by being one of their nine aunties.