Family Stories Month!

Family Stories Month rolls around in November just in time for the holidays. When families gather it’s an excellent time to share stories and learn about family history.

Andrew Searches for a Forever Family tells a story about a little boy named Andrew, a special needs orphan, who is on a journey to find a forever family. This story of adoption is written in poetic form from the view of the adoptive family, as well as the child, expressing the joy of these two becoming one family. We see the patience, labor, and love involved in the process and the joyful ending.

Each family has its unique foibles and in this wonderfully illustrated book, Three’s a Crew , the author shares a family story and how they work together as a family. Written in an easy to read rhyme, the family of two boys began a family with three boys, and this is the beginning of the story.

The passing along of oral history is one of our most valuable learning tools. Grandma, Tell Me About When You Were a Little Girl is a sweet conversation between a grandparent and grandchild that reveals a wealth of information. Through talking to her grandmother, the main character discovers what it was like growing up in the Appalachian Mountains many years ago.

Molly’s life as she knows it is about to change... She is being forced to stay with her old great granny for an entire week! No computer, cable TV, video games or even her cell phone! Her life is over! And then there’s that pathetic cat of hers. But Molly’s reality begins to change as she learns some very interesting things, such as how to gut a fish, and realizes that appearances can be deceiving. Molly learns many lessons in her visit with her Great Granny!