Lost and Found: Oliver Jeffers

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g. Zazu from the Lion King arrives on a boy’s doorstep and he has to take him back to Africa (suggested by Loui White). They’re such fun and with a main character who’s a librarian with an interesting personality and strange family history, I was totally enthralled. I would have loved if at the end Patrick had put all of the stories together for us to read, or even had a companion novel. There is what I thought of as a very obvious relationship and yet it stirs up potential for some really great discussion about same sex relationships and how they were viewed in the past to how they are today. Through Martha a great discussion about self-care could be explored and really help readers think about their own lives.

Martha was an outspoken girl, whom I don’t think would turn submissive, when in charge of her Father in infirmity. Read aloud sessions are a wonderful way for children to understand the connection between written text and spoken language. Kirkus Reviews wrote "Readers who (inexplicably) find David Lawrence’s Pickle and Penguin (2004) just too weird may settle in more comfortably with this—slightly—less offbeat friendship tale.Martha was told years ago Zelda had died so she isn't sure what the heck is going on but she is determined to find out. One day, a fairy tale book arrives inscribed by her grandmother, Zelda, also her best friend, who mysteriously died a few years before. Her constant need to be liked and perform chores for neighbors was not a selfless act; it was an act of a person who possessed no self esteem or regard for oneself. She gave up a fiancée to take care of her parents, and now with no one else, she has taken on projects and tasks for people who live in her village. This is a beautiful book that was perfect for sitting in the sun with and reading away for a few hours.

Other award-winning titles include The Way Back Home, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. Besides Martha there are so many kooky secondary characters throughout the book that I loved almost as much as I loved her. The bells on her ankle bracelet jingled as she circled Martha, peering into her hair as if she was looking for eggs in a large bird’s nest. It is easy to dislike Martha in the beginning because she lets others walk all over her but her transformation is fascinating to witness.

She works as a volunteer at the library and spends her days generously meeting the needs of everyone around her.

Phaedra sought to depict a lady learning to put herself first but did not construct the psychology correctly. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering—a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief.Unfortunately, the uneven pacing of the book limits the positivity that might be derived for some readers. If you like these types of stories, be sure to check this book out wherever books are sold when this book releases in April 2019. Martha’s sister is aware that Zelda didn’t die when Martha was told she did, and begs Martha to stop investigating. I found myself rooting for her this entire book, keeping my fingers crossed that things would go her way.