Five For Fun

This week our first read was Nora's Ark by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock. It is a story based on the real-life Vermont Flood of 1927. It was a charming story of a little girl who lives with her grandparents. Grandpa has started building a new farmhouse for Grandma who doesn't feel like she needs a new house. Then one day it starts to rain and Grandma's new house becomes an "ark" for the community.

Our second read was From Dawn Till Dusk also by Kinsey-Warnock. This book describes what life on a farm in the North would be like-7 months of snow, sloppy mud season, hot haying time- her brothers say "Who would miss that!" But all the hard chores lead to fun times like night swimming in the pond and sledding off the roof.

Next we read Old Thunder and Miss Raney. Miss Raney has never won a prize at the Washita County Fair but this year she is determined to win a blue ribbon for her Sooner biscuits. One mishap after another leads to her finally arriving at the fair on her faithful old horse "Thunder". Will she win the blue ribbon this year? You will have to read and see.

"One More Time Mama" by Sue Alexander was a touching story of a little girl asking her Mama to tell  how hard it was to wait for her to be born. Mama goes through all the seasons that she waited before her new little baby arrived. This book had really beautiful nature illustrations and captures that special time of waiting for the birth of a baby in a very creative way.

And last but not least was "The Snow Globe Family" by Jane O'Conner. In this story we meet a "large" family that has a Papa, a Mama, a boy, a girl, a baby and a snow globe on the mantle of their home. In the snow globe lives a "small" family who has a Papa, a Mama, a boy, a girl, and a baby. The "small" Papa describes a time when they had huge "snowstorms" that rattled the cupboards and furniture and was great fun...but that hasn't happened lately. Every now and then they get a few flurries when the mantle is "dusted" but will they ever get a snow storm that would make a hill large enough to sled down? You will have to check it out from the library and find out for yourself.

I asked Abi which story she liked best this week and hands down it was "The Snow Globe Family". Mama's choice would be a tie between "Nora's Ark" and "One More Time, Mama"