tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420789516107092243.post3850671743429159007..comments2024-03-22T09:40:53.765-07:00Comments on Our Little Cottage in the Big Woods: Look who arrived!!Chyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09612160129616190092noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420789516107092243.post-23542253484257394242014-08-29T00:36:53.345-07:002014-08-29T00:36:53.345-07:00Thanks Penny. I'll have to search for "Le...Thanks Penny. I'll have to search for "Leaving Mrs. Ellis". That sounds like a great story as well. I love how literacy to help children with life experiences on so many levels. Chyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612160129616190092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6420789516107092243.post-3978665979546132792014-08-29T00:19:08.275-07:002014-08-29T00:19:08.275-07:00Have never read The Kissing Hand but heard a love...Have never read The Kissing Hand but heard a lovely story once of a mummy who sewed a button to her son's shirt cuff and said that it was a magic button, and whenever he pressed it during the day, she would send him a little extra boost of love. In our house, we often read 'Leaving Mrs Ellis' (sorry, can't remember who the author was) which is a really lovely book, probably suitable from about age 6 (though we still read it occasionally even now) which deals very sensitively with the transition from growing up from one school year to the next. We returned to it many times. The illustrations are really beautiful too! XPennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03174324346613155013noreply@blogger.com