
This is what my youngest son is reading to me.
#childrensliterature
#momlife
#disabilitymom
This is what my youngest son is reading to me.
#childrensliterature
#momlife
#disabilitymom
The reality that any 10 year old girl moves through the world as her own caretaker rips at my heart. I wish all those 10 yr olds had a Lettie standing in the shadows understanding they have no choice but to care when they sense something amiss.
June #BookSpin Category: Paperback Shelves
This is one of those weird books that I like less every time I read it. When I first read it ~age 11, I loved it: Black Beauty except a dog! But subsequent rereads as an adult have made me look at this book a little more critically. My main complaint is that there isn't actually a story. In BB, we have a clear linear story, from birth to final home. But Joe is just a collection of random sermonettes against animal cruelty. I think that as a child⬇
Such a fun time at the Summer Reading kick off. For those of you whose kids are grown, they have a program for adults at most libraries.
Are you participating in your library‘s summer reading?
#supportthelobrary
#summerreading
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent
What did you enjoy (or not enjoy!) about the book?
If you read this as a child, does it still hold up for you as an adult?
Is there anything else you‘d like to discuss about Beautiful Joe?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent
Do you think Saunders‘ choice of Joe as a first person narrator is effective? What does this add to (or take away from) the story?
Joe meets several other animal friends during the story: the other pets at the Morris home, the performing animals he sees in Riverdale, and Dandy “the Tramp.” What did you think of these other animals and their stories?
#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMAdjacent
Beautiful Joe is based on a true story & was written for a contest sponsored by the American Humane Education Society (Joe‘s real-life home of Meaford, Ontario was changed to Fairport, Maine). Its goal was to teach children to be kind to animals.
Do you think Beautiful Joe is effective in teaching this message? Why or why not?
What do you think in general about stories whose main goal is to teach a message?
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (thanks for the tag; you, too @peaKnit and @Susanita! 😍😍😍)
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What a cute story told from the perspective of a dog! I love dogs so it was no surprise that I loved this book.
The story follows Teddy and his quest to find out what happened to his owner, Maggie. The book is told entirely through Teddy‘s perspective with some emails and texts messages between the humans interspersed throughout.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/review-unnatural-selection/