LETTERS MY MOTHER NEVER READ BOOK SERIES
The rest of the book is a series of letters that Rosie writes to her mom about her experiences on the farm. She is very apprehensive, to say the least, but heads off promising to write.
Rosie is going on a solo visit to see her grandfather and her aunt Mabel on the farm. “ This warm, simple, yet richly woven story informs readers that even in this electronic age there is nothing like mail received from afar to tie together family and friends.” Library Journalĭon’t Forget to Write by Martina Selway (1994) I highly recommend this – it may spur your child to “write” to their grandparents. The message is clear: a simple drawing or letter can convey so much love, love shared across thousands of miles. It’s affect creates simple but intimate scenes either depicting Juno and his thoughts about his grandma or the grandmother’s, alone, loving opening and treasuring Juno’s letters. The illustrations by Susan Kathleen Hartung were created using blotted oil paint glazes on sealed paper. Although he can’t read Korean, and she can’t read English, they communicate with photos, mementos and drawings. Simple, yet deeply moving story is about a young Korea boy who exchanges letters with his grandmother who is back in Korea. I know what it’s like both as a child, but also as a parent to have grandparents living far away. Make sure your home library features books by this gifted artist and storyteller.ĭear Juno by Soyung Pak, illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung (1999) Ezra’s trademark artwork is a world of collages, depicting an African American boy, Peter and his friends in an urban setting, with it’s cacophony of old buildings, graffiti, street signs and storefronts. He decides to send a special invitation to his friend Amy, but things don’t go as planned when he sets out on a dark, stormy and windy day to mail it to her. In this story, Peter is having a birthday party. Blueberry is sure to become a favorite at your house too.Įzra Jack Keats has written more than 85 books for children and was awarded the Caldecott Honor for Goggles and the Caldecott Medal for The Snowy Day. The simple vocabulary makes this also a great choice for early readers. The illustrations are warm as well as comical. These series of letters are both informative, imaginative and amusing. Of course, her teacher responds that it cannot be a whale in her pond because whales don’t live in ponds. Blueberry that she saw a whale in her pond and asks for information about whales. This book is a series of back and forth letters written by a little girl to her school teacher, while she is on vacation on the coast of Massachusetts. Although it is a bit dated and machines do a lot of the work described, it is still helpful to children to get a picture of the postal system. In this non-fiction picture book, Gibbons explains the whole process of how mail gets to it’s final destination. Gail Gibbons is a genius at taking a complicated subject matter and bringing it down to the level a four-year-old can understand. The Post Office Book: Mail and How it Moves by Gail Gibbons (1986) I also recommend The Jolly Christmas Postman. Written in rhymes, this hilarious and witty collection of letters is a must-read. In an imaginary fairy tale village, the “jolly” postman delivers letters to well-known characters such as The Three Bears and the Wicked Witch from Hansel and Gretel. This fun interactive book (each page contains a pocket that a child can reach into to pull out a letter, card or note) is a British classic. The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Janet Ahlberg (1986) I hope they will spur you and your children to take out that special stationery or sharpen those pencils and send love in an envelope to family and friends from afar. Here are a few picture books I would recommend on letters and letter writing. When I began college in the US and my parents moved back to France, those aerograms in my mailbox were like rays of sunshine breaking through the clouds on a rainy day! I still have all of those letters my mom sent me in a keepsake box. I would read and re-read her letters, tucking them under my pillow at night. My mother’s long letters describing our family life, stories about my siblings, visitors, our cats poured from the pages, and I was transported back to our home life in Villeneuve-Le-Roi. I loved it – however I missed my family terribly. When I was eight years old, my classmates and I attended a month long ski camp in the Alps. I realize handwritten letters is not as popular anymore and have largely been replaced by electronic mail but I still think a handwritten letter, or drawings is a very personal and warm way to communicate love and thoughts.
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