52 Books in 52 Weeks.

This week my reading took me to Amish country with "A Time To Love" by Barbara Cameron. Jenny is a photojournalist who films the affects of war on the children of Afghanistan. Jenny is wounded in a car bombing while overseas and "comes home" to her Amish Grandmother's home to recuperate. Jenny's father left the Amish church when he was a young person, but allowed Jenny to visit her Grandmother during the summers, after her mother's death. It was during those summers that Jenny met Matthew, and fell in love. Time and distance separated their worlds but is this the opportunity the Lord is using to bring their separate worlds together as one? This is the first book in a series called "Quilts of Lancaster County". I was able to read book 1 as a free ebook from Christianbooks.com

Five For Fun

Well, it's been another great week of reading. The First story we read this week was called "The Boy Who Thought He Was A Teddy Bear" by Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley. This is a "Whimsical new fairy Tale" about Edward, aka Pinky Blinky Dinky, who is taken by the fairy's and brought to the their three bear friends. The bears can't see his mother, so thinking he is all alone in the world, they take him home. One day,  after Edward turns 4, there is a knock on the door of the teddy bear cottage and who should it be but Edward's mommy, who has been looking for him all along. The question is, will Edward leave his teddy bear life and become the boy he was meant to be?

Tuesday was "Flying Over Brooklyn" by Myron Uhlberg. The young boy in this story wants to fly. He tries everything and then one winter day, a snowstorm picks him up and he flies over all his favorite places in Brooklyn. This story is based on an actual blizzard that the author experienced in his childhood of 1947.

Next on the list was "Horse In The Pigpen" by Linda Williams. Things are running amok on this farm and only Ma can set put it all back in order. But....Ma is very busy today so what's a young girl supposed to do? "Heeey Ma..." Will things ever get straight again?

What will fans of the New York Giants baseball team do when their beloved team moves from New York City? In "The Greatest Game Ever Played" by Phil Bildner, Sam and Pop spent all summer at the ball park watching the games and having special time with each other. One day, Sam discovers the other New York Giants team. Football. Pop says he will never go to Yankee Stadium to see another game, especially football. Low and behold, the N.Y. Giants make it to the NFL championship and will play the Baltimore Colts. Sam gets two tickets to the game and brings a reluctant Pop with him. Will the Giants come out on top? Will Pop find a new team to cheer for? Find out as one of the most important games in football history is played among the realistic illustrations of football ledgends Johnny Unitas, Frank Gifford, & Vince Lombardi,penned on these pages.

"Going Someplace Special" by Patricia C. Mckissack is a story set in a 1950's southern town where segragation is at it's height. But...there is one place.....where all are welcome. 'Tricia Ann knows the way and is anticipating the day when she can go all by herself. One day, Grandma says she's ready. As you read through the pages of this book, you feel first hand how segration affected children. 'Tricia Ann gets strength from Grandma's words "You are somebody, a human being,-no better, no worse than anybody else in this world." I agree with 'Tricia Ann....her path really does take her to "Someplace Special."

You can probably guess that Abi's favorite has something to do with a horse and a pig pen. She even pick up this book on her own and read through it again. My favoite was tied this week between "The Greatest Game Ever Played" and "Going Someplace Special". Both books are about two of my very favorite things.

Happy Reading,

Jodi & Abi