In our home, we celebrated and learned about Veterans Day and Native American Heritage Month. Below are a few of our reads and mini reviews for each:
A sweet story about the connections made while making fry bread. It’s more than just mixing ingredients together; it’s about using all of the senses, and using your heart, as you cook with loved ones. It’s about celebrating tradition and connecting through similarities and differences. There’s a recipe for fry bread in the back too!Kulu isn’t the only thing that is sweet in this book! This lyrical lullaby is a sweet bedtime read for little ones and it portrays Inuit values about love and respect for animals and our planet. The illustrations are my favorite part of the book, so kudos to Alexandria Neonakis!This was a tough read, but absolutely necessary. This is a bowdlerized version of the young adult memoir, “Fatty Legs” and it describes the true story of Olemaun (Margaret Pokiak-Fenton) going to a Canadian residential school and the abuse and bullying she suffered there. Despite the hardships, she was determined to learn how to read. Olemaun’s determination and cunning personality helped her achieve the goal.I like these alphabetical, nonfiction books. This gives readers a look into the Armed Forces and the privileges and sacrifices of military personnel and their families.A heartfelt and transparent story about a day in the life of a service dog whose companion is a former U.S. Army Captain with combat PTSD. A bonus recommendation of a young adult fiction novel I read last year. “A Dog Like Daisy” is the 2019 Children’s Sequoyah Award winner about the journey a rescued pit bull goes on as she is trained to be a service dog to an injured veteran. This meaningful tale offers readers a deeper look into both the heartbreak and redemption that injured veterans and their families experience as they navigate their way through a new normal.
Well, it’s December now but you wouldn’t be able to tell with all the warm weather we’ve been getting in Oklahoma. I don’t ever complain about nice weather… unless it’s supposed to be snowy weather.
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