Our Last Star Reader was Andrea!
This week's Star Reader is Kelsey! Congratulations!
Our last Book of the Week was "Zombie in Love", a drop-dead romance about a Zombie who just wants to find love.
Our twenty-third Book of the Week is "Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion", by Jane Barclay.
"Much has been written about war and remembrance, but very little of it has been
for young children. As questions come from a young grandchild, his grandpa talks
about how, as a very young man, he was as proud as a peacock in uniform, busy as
a beaver on his Atlantic crossing, and brave as a lion charging into battle.
Soon, the old man’s room is filled with an imaginary menagerie as the child
thinks about different aspects of wartime. But as he pins medals on his
grandpa’s blazer and receives his own red poppy in return, the mood becomes more
somber.
Outside, the crowd gathered for the veterans’ parade grows as quiet as a mouse, while men and women — old and young — march past in the rain. A trumpet plays and Grandpa lays a wreath in memory of his lost friend. Just then, the child imagines an elephant in the mist. “Elephants never forget,” he whispers to his grandpa. “Then let’s be elephants,” says the old man, as he wipes water from his eyes and takes his grandson’s hand.
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion has relevance to a growing number of families, as new waves of soldiers leave home." - Tundra Books
Outside, the crowd gathered for the veterans’ parade grows as quiet as a mouse, while men and women — old and young — march past in the rain. A trumpet plays and Grandpa lays a wreath in memory of his lost friend. Just then, the child imagines an elephant in the mist. “Elephants never forget,” he whispers to his grandpa. “Then let’s be elephants,” says the old man, as he wipes water from his eyes and takes his grandson’s hand.
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion has relevance to a growing number of families, as new waves of soldiers leave home." - Tundra Books
Parents: if you have children between the ages of 0 and 3, we've started a Lap-Sit at the library. Saturday mornings between 10:15 and 10:45, come down to the library for puppet stories, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and more! This program is drop-in, so come whenever you get a chance!
Stay tuned for our next Star Reader and Book of the Week! Keep up the good reading!
