From the very beginning, I was entranced. I am a huge fan of longer form (and classically illustrated) children's books like The House on East 88th Street and Crictor, so when I came across Amy Timberlake's Skunk and Badger - another September book - I almost cried happy tears. Here are just a few of the most meaningful books my kids and I have shared this year, and a few we are really looking forward to.
They are quieter, simpler, more cautious, and I find I am surrounding myself with books that offer me a quiet hope and a profound story books that lift me up when I am down, and books that speak to hardship and change, but where change and hardship are not the end of the story. My hopes for next year are different, too. The wishes are less grand, the family newsletters report more grief, the hopes for next year are far more simple. Last year's messages were full of hopes and wishes for adventure, joy, happiness, and travel, all those things we anticipate a new year will bring. I find I am surrounding myself with books that offer me a quiet hope and a profound story books that lift me up when I am down, and books that speak to hardship and change, but where change and hardship are not the end of the story.
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