• adventure,  love,  Reading aloud

    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

    My daughter and I just finished reading The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. I read it a few years ago after a friend recommended it. I enjoyed it, I don’t think I expected to. I usually give the kids several book choices, I was surprised that Anastasia chose this one. Rereading this book, I remembered how much I enjoyed it. Harold, recently retired and seemingly very bored in his life and marriage, receives a letter from a former work colleague/friend, Queenie Hennessy, who is dying of cancer. Instead of simply writing her back, he decides to bring the letter to her himself. And so begins the “unlikely…

  • love,  Reading aloud,  Valentines Day

    💖Books We Love 💖

    In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are going to share with you books we love.  There are A LOT, so we have narrowed it down.  We have each chosen a book that we loved reading aloud. First on the list is a book that should always be on a Valentine’s list.  Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris.  I was given this book by a librarian in Cambridge, MA.  Yeah for librarians!  I would bring my 1st grade class to the library every week, and the two librarians quickly became very good friends.  Love Among the Walnuts is a silly story about love, family, and the family you find while…