It took a few months but I have some picture books to post, hooray!

The Presidents of the Unite States have had pets since George Washington. You can read about them in Presidential Pets: the Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived in the White House, by Julie Moberg and illustrated by Jeff Albrecht Studios. It's a fun collection of the animals each president had, a brief biography, and highlights of their term in office, both the good and the bad.

Some years ago I saw an amazing show about a school in Tennessee and how they taught their students about the Holocaust. How do you explain the enormity of what happened? They decided to collect paperclips as they were small and they might have a chance of collection millions of them. It turned into a project involving not only the school, but the town, people from all over the country, and then some journalists from Germany, that culminated in a Memorial in Whitwell, Tennessee. I finally found both a dvd and a book. I've not watched the dvd again as yet, but have read the book. Six Million Paper Clips: the Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial, by Peter W. Schroeder & Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand is the book. It's a children's book which means lots of pictures along with the story of how this all got started, and the amazing final result.

My March 15, 2016 post included the book Sgt. Reckless, America's War Horse. It was an excellent read, as I remember, but it was a 'grown up' book so I was pleased to find a children's book on the same subject. Sergeant Reckless: the True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero, by Patricia McCormick and illustrated by Iacopo Bruno, has all the important stuff along with wonderful pictures. War time, Korea. The ammunition for the big, new cannon was heavy, and the cannon was up a hill! Lt. Eric Pederson thought he'd look for a mule to carry the shells, but all he found was a small, rather scrawny, mare. He decided to take a chance and Reckless, as she was named, not only hauled ammunition up the hill, but the wounded back down the hill. Just an amazing story.

Reading Hermit With Dog