My child has too many books.

I'm not talking about board books - which she also has a lot of - but of actual paper books.

Years beyond her current reading level. With her great fascination for ripping paper, I suspect it'll be years before I can even read them to her.

I understand this, sort of. I read a lot. Jess's first word was "book". But enough, already!

(My step-mother wants a list of the books Jess currently has to make sure that Jess has the "complete childhood collection". Whatever that means.)

Jess's Books (in no particular order)

Peter Rabbit & Friends (Complete Library)
Busy Day, Sleepy Night
Baby Gonzo's Dream
Baby Crow
The Foot Book
I Can't Wait Til Christmas
But No Elephants
One Fish, Two Fish
Mickey Mouse Meets the Giant
Strawberry Look Book
The Fisherman & His Wife
Stone Soup
King Midas
The Four Musicians
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Gift
The Velveteen Rabbit
My Favorite Season
Tiggerific Band
Piglet's Night Light
Surprise Garden
Just So Stories - Kipling
Complete Uncle Remus
Aesop's Fables - the complete collection
Anderson's Faerie Tales
Knuffle Bunny
Tickleoctopus
Snuggle Up, Little Penguin
Wind in the Willows
Sleepy Pig
What Are You So Grumpy About
Spot goes to the Farm
Spot goes to the Park
Miffy's Big Activity Book

(this, by the way, only includes books that she's not allowed to touch. All the board books are in a huge pile all over the floor.)

Right now, we have got absolutely no space in this apartment. We're keeping some thing against the day where we plan to have more children, so Jess's closet is filled to bursting with things like her swing and bouncy seat and old car-seat. Her toy-box in her bedroom is full. FULL, ok? Mostly of books.