Monday Reading Recap

              Thanks to Ricki and Kellee at Unleashing Readers and Jen at Teach Mentor Texts for hosting this meme. Your TBR lists will grow longer, but you will find books to love and to share. 

               I spent last week at our mountain condo with my family. It was a special time to read several books and visit and write! Others skied and played in the snow. I reveled in the gorgeous snowy mountains and finished two "must reads" among others, along with preparing for April - Poetry  Month (see below). 

       All the words have been written, and the award has been given. I'm glad to have read this marvelous story of children who use their voices, some a bit slower, but all finally step forward to own and voice their opinions, to take care of themselves and then others. I loved the differences shown in each character, hoping that readers might see something familiar and find hope and affirmation for the unique in everyone.

       I enjoyed this wonderful book thoroughly again. One thing that stood out this time was the honest respect placed in the children to make decisions, something that does not always happen. Adults often believe that children are too young to "understand" things, but clearly, Madeleine L'Engle did not. I also love that she used challenging concepts, pieces from literature. She did "not" make the story simple.