During winter, with mountains of snow and a raging pandemic, two little girls along with their parents took a three-day trip to a warm island to get a little reprieve from the cold and from a year of quarantining in their own home.
Every Sunday, our little house would be filled with the delicious aroma of spaghetti gravy simmering, the sound of Grandma's meatballs sizzling on the stove, and the sight of family gathering for a special time known as Sunday Funday.
This is a tale of two squirrels, Nutkin and Squirrely, who approach life's challenges in very different ways, perhaps with a lesson or two learned about hard work and the value of looking ahead!
In our book, Nana Joanna's Wise Old New Tales, we had tried to recapture a gentler time when parents took advantage of opportunities to read poems and stories with their children.
One moment, Boomer and Matilda were playing with their friends in the bush in Australia, and the next, they were being transported to the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, Texas!
The title of the book, Answering the Call, is a reference to my nursing career with a focus on caregiver support and appropriate nursing care of persons with dementia.
"e;At once bitingly funny and strikingly poignant, Lisa Super's powerful debut touches on grief, identity, and first love, the perfect read for fans of John Green, Mary H.
