I will wait until my friend Jane reads this to tell me whether this children’s book is appropriate for children who have gone through early life trauma. While the chaotic life of the children is depicted in an exaggerated Charles Dickens style, it certainly brings out how difficult it must be for children to adapt to happiness, after long years of neglect. This one didn’t disappoint me–orphaned children who no longer believe a happy home is even possible. Picking up a Sharon Creech children’s book, I always wonder what difficult topic she’s taking on now.
“Beat-the-blues broccoli and anti-cranky crumpets and–” “Hey, with us here now,” Dallas said, “maybe you ought to make yourselves some getting-used-to-kids-again stew.” “We’ve got some amazing secret recipes,” Sairy said.
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