I had to share this with all of you in honor of Veteran's Day. America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven is a wonderfully written and illustrated children's book about the tradition of setting a white table for POWs and MIAs on Veteran's Day. Using different items to symbolize everything from a soldier's bravery to the tears of the soldier's family, this book is a great way to tell children about veterans, and then have them set their own white table in honor and remembrance. Especially if your children have family members who are in the armed forces or are veterans!
"A classic is something that everyone wants to have read and nobody wants to read." - Mark Twain
What I'm Reading Now . . .
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
"Charles Dickens is an unlikely beacon for the children of the tiny fishing village in which this short novel takes place. When all the schoolteachers flee for the safety of the mainland, the community's only white man, a linen-suited eccentric named Mr Watts, decides that exposure to Great Expectations will do the kids some good. He reassembles the class and introduces them to the faraway world of Pip, Magwitch and Miss Havisham, a chapter a day." - Killian Fox
People move far away from their hometowns every day . . . we know we aren't special! The blog started as a way to document our move from Virginia to Florida and has morphed into writing about our daily lives - especially since baby #1 is on its way! Thanks for reading!