I know I've said this before, but I don't think I can say it too much. I love the part about my job where I get to read books as they come across my desk. With the books for adults or older kids sometimes its only a snippet or two, but its enough to intrigue me enough to just check the book out and take it home. I did that with Sarah Pennypacker's "My Enemy's Cradle" and I wasn't disappointed. Today I looked at, and read quite a few. But the one I want to tell you about brought me to tears. The book was My Chincoteague Pony by Susan Jeffers. It was about the horses on Chincoteague Island. (You all remember Marguerite Henry, right? She wrote Misty of Chicoteague. Every Horse lovers 'must read' book) But this book was about a little girl whose dream was to own one of those horses. It is based on a true story about the annual sale of those horses and what happens at each and every sale. I have to tell you, it was a lovely story. In fact, it was so nice, I will have to get one for one of my grandkids. It so reminded me of how important horses had been during my growing up years. Or wait, maybe this time, I'll just get it for myself.
For my grandkids another book came across my desk the other day, one I wish we'd have had when our kids were small, called "The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name" by Sally Lloyd. It was amazing! She tells all the old familiar bible stories, God creates, Adam and Eve, David and Goliath, Samuel, Moses, Jonah, Ruth, Esther etc. and as part of every single story she shows how all of it points us to Jesus Christ and the reason for his coming. I absolutely loved it. So, kids...you can plan on this one in the kids christmas stockings! Ha!
