Fairday's Riddle: Face Front...

Hello, Riddlers! Can you guess our theme this week? Sometimes hard to draw up this feeling in certain situations, but less scary than hiding from things. ~ F

When the moment is uncertain— anything could be behind the curtain. Your gut flip-flops in wobbly doubt; inner voice wants to shout. Face the scene despite your fears and stand up tall through the tears. You'll know the answer to this rhyme if you've held your own one time.

What am I referring to? Stop by Wednesday for the answer. 

I gave you a clue!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We'll be taking time for family and friends this week for the Thanksgiving break. We are grateful for all our of our readers, and we hope you have a wonderful holiday celebrating with with loved ones. We'll see you around the book block, and we'll be back next week with more stories to share.

In the meantime, if you're looking for a great read to snuggle up with, here's a list of the books we've reviewed over the years, plus author interviews—find out the real story behind the story!

BOOK REVIEW INDEX

Happy Reading & Eating!
~ Jess & Stephanie

Margo's Musings: What is Twig's Fortune?

When we were at the CT Children’s Book Fair we were lucky enough to listen to author Brenna Burns Yu read aloud her picture book, Hazel and Twig: The Birthday Fortune. It's a wonderful story, and my little sister, Margo, and I learned about a Korean first birthday tradition. It sounded like so much fun and we were lucky to get an autographed copy. How special! We couldn’t wait to get home and read it again!

Twig is turning one and her doljabi is right around the corner. Her whole family is excited and curious to see what she'll select. Whatever she picks will tell her fortune. Each item that is placed on the ground represents something different. Will she be a builder? A musician? Or is something else in store for her? Only time will tell, and no one is more excited than Twig’s older sister, Hazel. She really hopes her sister picks yarn, so they can both live long lives. But on Twig’s doljabi she picks something quite unexpected. Will Hazel be able to help tell what it means?  You won’t want to miss this adorable debut picture book. 

Hazel and Twig: The Birthday Fortune by Brenna Burns Yu is such a beautiful and interesting picture book. Margo fell in love with Twig, and she especially enjoyed trying to guess what Twig would select. I hadn’t heard of a doljabi before, and it was cool to learn about a special Korean tradition. The illustrations are soft and appealing with adorable characters. I can't get over all the tiny details!  I'm sure we'll be pulling this book off the shelf many times to read again.

Has anyone else read Hazel and Twig: The Birthday Fortune by Brenna Burns Yu? We'd love to hear your thoughts!

Happy reading!
~ F