Honestly, what were the freaking odds of finding this book.
It has no reviews on Litsy. It isn‘t mentioned in any of the other “also by this author.”
But there it was on a to be shelved used books trolley.
I‘m so excited. Talk about beshert!
#TopReads2024 continues with my April pick
🐓🐟🇮🇪🚢🇺🇸🌆 “The Walking People” was a breath taking and mesmerizing read that totally took you for a ride with the Cahill family. My only complaint was that I wished it was longer, I didn‘t want to leave them. I hope maybe one day Mary Beth Keane will revisit them!!
pickThemes: Family (especially sisters!), Ireland and NYC during 1950s to 2000‘s, Great storytelling!
I was hooked from page 1 of this beautifully written book 🥰 Mary Beth Keane has a gift for amazing storytelling and scenery setting; you‘ll shiver from the rain she describes and feel yourself warm up with her descriptions of drinking tea beside a roaring fire. A definite pick!!!
Why yes, I did “treat myself” to some tea after I cleaned up the kitchen post-dinner 😆👵🏼 Settling in for some ‘Finding Your Roots‘ with a little book reading on this crazy Tuesday night 😍🥰
pickHeartbreaking story about love and coming to the United States from all over Latin America.
March 3 #ItTakesAllKinds Mythical Here we go again with an Led Zeppelin song 🎵 @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
50 pages in and really liking this…Also, feels nice to read a physical book, since I‘ve been mostly reading on my Kindle lately.
“And just like sugar in milk, we will sweeten your lives with our presence.“
I found there to be details present throughout the illustrations of the story that helped in supporting the differentiation in the young girl's culture as opposed to the new culture in which she now lives in. I appreciated these subtle yet very powerful and meaningful details. I think that this story could be used in an early elementary classroom in order to teach students about immigration as well as diversity.
