A delightful, simple,  tale of a child’s journey where each event along the way is described as  either “fortunately” or “unfortunately”. Great drawings, great message!

Check out Adele Enerson’s amazing way to weave tales with her sleeping daughter

Take special note of the picture at minute 2:20!

Enjoy!

I’m reading a novel in Hebrew now, called:

“Friendly Fire” by Abraham B. Yehoushua

I’m enjoying it. I’ve read quite a few books by this author and they are always easy to connect with, a pleasure to read. though some are beter than others.

His books have been translated to English!

“The Giver” by Lois Lowry

Another one of my all-time-favorites! Being able to feel may hurt sometimes, but we aren’t truly living without feelings!

I opted for lighter fare this time and have just finished (last night!) reading

Wit’s End by Karen Joy Fowler

Overall it was an amusing read though I got annoyed when the author added all kind of details like “her father was really her uncle” (oh, come on!).

The book is all about blogging though, and I enjoyed that!

We own the first two books of this amazing series. It’s a wonderful fantasy of an isolated place where humans and dinosaurs coexist in harmony. They share language and technology and friendship ( I love the dinosaur character that’s an interpreter!).

This series is very special in that not only is it a good story but the pictures are amazing, and are an integral part of the story. You MUST look at the pictures (spend time looking at them) in order to get all the information.

Our boys and I had such a good time with it that for a while I tried to translate it into Hebrew. I did  a section and even discussed it with a publisher who loved the story ( her kids loved it too!) . However,  after looking at the large format and the amount of drawings in color said there was no point in even contacting the publisher. The Hebrew speaking book market is too small to support such an expensive publication.

Too bad…

I’m reading “Them” by Joyce Carol Oates and I’m having a hard time with it. I don’t think I will be able to finish it.

She writes beautifully! I appreciate how when the situation becomes crystal clear and you know what is about to happen, she ” fasts forwards” to the next scene.  No sense wasting words on that.

The characters seem so real and believable. And that’s my problem. The book is incredible depressing. Generation after generation caught in povery with an abusive family environment which keeps repeating  itself. People living in a hopeless cycle.

I read and have read sad books. “A History” by Elsa Morante was absolutely tragic. But I can’t bear this one!

I loved this when I was growing up, I enjoyed this book so much with my own boys and read it a few times on my own. A combination of “delicious” use of language and ideas that are so true, relate to life so well!

One example,  a child who grows from top down, and wonders how we do it our way! the older you get you keep seeing things from a different perspective when you grow UP but when you grow DOWN your perspective doesn’t change. what a great discussion- opener with children!

Well, after reading two books in a row relating to the World War 2 (“A History” by Elsa Morante about the war in Rome and the one from my previous post about Roald Dahl) I chose something completely different!

Now I’m reading “The Shipping News”, by E. Annie Proulx, which takes place in Newfoundland. A very readable novel and I love the author’s clever  use of  quotes from Ashley’s “Book of Knots”! Knots as a metaphor to life’s issues – brilliant!