The kids and I have been listening to the Little Britches series in the car. A year or two ago we read the first book in the series and loved it, but our library didn't have any of the other books so we forgot about it for awhile. Then I reread the book for a book club and the kids got interested in it again. I was able to find audio downloads of the remaining books. We have been working our way through the series. We just finished book #5--The Fields of Home. In this book Ralph Moody moves to Maine to help his grandfather on the farm. There is a lot of frustration and a lot of growth in both Ralph and grandpa. They learn that their way isn't always the best and change can be good. I love that the stories are all true.
I mentioned before that I like to read a fun and easy book to help me get through the longer, harder books. I read the next book the Last Apprentice series called Rise of the Huntress. In this book the apprentice has to fight an evil witch, mostly with out the help of his master. He is learning more about himself and his friend and his master.
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| Mr. linden's Library He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late. |
This next books is one I picked randomly of the library shelf. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick is a collection of stories by 14 authors. There is a story behind the collection. A man names Peter Wenders was mysteriously visited by Harris Burdick. Mr. Burdick left behind 14 drawings with 14 captions and promised to return with more stories. Mr. Wenders never saw Mr. Burdick again. People have looked at the pictures and read the captions and tried to think of stories. The book contains what 14 authors thought the stories behind the pictures might be. One day we even tried. We looked at a picture, read the caption and created a story. Our stories were very different from the ones in the book. We enjoyed the variety and found a new author we liked--too bad he doesn't write children's books.
