"Once in a country called Nowehere, I heard a strange sort of call, I looked and I looked for something, but there was nothing at all." or so it seems. Even though I knew what happened next I was always excited to turn the page where I discovered more Things!
You can be certain that when a creative person such as Jane Foster creates books for babies and toddlers that you are in for something special. When a couple of her books were purchased for the library they caught my eye and I was instantly engaged
Oh lila, from the outset my heart felt so sad that you were not accepted because of your dark hair, eyes and skin. The sadness in your eyes and the rejection you felt in the school grounds is where many children have been. I am glad I got to read your story but I am sad that it happened in the first place...
Nate reminds me of your typically pre teen and teen (yes I am stereotyping here, and no I probably shouldn't be), looking a little crazy in the school picture (not from lack of trying to look 'normal'), driving teachers a little exasperated and denying he is on a date (it was the only seat left...really it was).
With beds flying out the window and into the sky, with lions and sheep, and angelic singing your imagination will be taken on a journey like no other.
"In a land of long grasses, where small insects crawl, lived a strange little bug, with no name at all. What creature are you ? the other bugs asked, but the bug didn't know, and the others walked past."
I was led on a journey getting to know Jordan/Julian and her/his desire to be accepted, to have her time in the spotlight only having to disguise herself to do it and bonding with a group of guys all unique and valued in their own way.
I decided to share this today because it is one that mattered to me. There are books that come and go, there are books that stay with you and this is one of them.
"Grover's tummy had been rumbling all day. He couldn't remember when he'd last had a meal. He wished the Man with Big Boots fed him more often. Doesn't he know that dogs need to eat everyday? Grover thought, as he scrunched his wet body small and tight to try to stay warm. It didn't work. He was still cold."
If you give a mouse a brownie you will notice that he is soooo cute that you will do anything that he wants you to do and be exhausted at the end
Little Big Reads 