pickIf, like me, your reading style started out as Babysitters Club and morphed into historical fiction, this middle grade series is for you. This seems to be a sleeper by Ann M Martin, of Babysitters Club fame. Following a family tree from the depression, Kennedy‘s assassination, on through 9/11, Martin tackles tough family topics such as mental illness, disability, and alcoholism in a straightforward but gentle way.
#HaikuADay #HaikuHive
Headed to Kauai for the day for meetings, a focus group & an All Hands dinner tonight. Sitting in the quiet bustle of the lounge waiting for my flight & writing today‘s haiku:
Neighbor Island Commuters
Dawn at HA lounge
Bustle, chatter, coffee scents
We nod, take to skies
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#FeelinTheLove
A title with #Roses from my stacks. It‘s been quite a while since I read this one but I‘ve always liked the cover image. 🌹♥️🌹
I totally should have been doing the things around the house I said I‘d get to in the new year, but I‘ve spent the day at run club, down Internet rabbit holes, and on the couch with this book. 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you so much for my lovely Christmas card, bookmarks and ornaments, Gisela! I will enjoy using them! You were so sweet to send those! Merry Christmas, friend! 🎄❤️🎄 (For us the season lasts and lasts 😄)
#FiveJoysFriday - Lots of Christmas joy this week!
🎶 A rich and meaningful Lessons & Carols service on Sunday
👶🏼 Seeing my grand-niece who is just beginning to walk, tottering around like a tiny drunkard after the Christmas Eve service
🐴 My husband‘s reaction to the Wheel of Time/Parks & Rec mashup shirt I got for him
📚 Christmas book gifts
🎄 My dad reading to his great-granddaughter on Christmas
“EACH DAY COMES
BEARING ITS OWN GIFTS.
UNTIE THE RIBBONS” 🎁 ❤️ 🎀
#BowsAndRibbons #ChristmasCheer
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“The soldiers played cards and blew smoke out the open windows. They talked to Pop and how they would soon be shipped overseas any day now and were missing that girl of mine already, and my grandma's apple pie.“
This book makes many historical connections to what life was like during World War 2. During this time many people encountered economic challenges. Many women went to work while their husbands served, leaving many children without consistent adult supervision. This also made it hard for single mothers which may have been why the baby was left on the staircase. This story helps students understand economic hardships, fear, and loss of loved ones.
