This was an amazing book! This book is about a little girl who grew up in the mountains with her grandparents. She recalls everything from swimming in a dark swimming hole, what her grandmother made for dinner, going outside to use the bathroom and even her grandmother killing snakes with hoes. Almost every page started out with, When I was young in the mountains. The author really captivates the audience in this book with all the details she puts into the story. The reader can almost imagine what it was like for the little girl growing up here. I know when I read when her grandmother put out pinto beans, cornbread and fried okra for dinner I could almost smell it and it reminded me of eating dinner with my great-grandmother.
The illustrations are done by Diane Goode, and they are phenomenal. The illustrations give so much detail and are just gorgeous. I was really captivated by the pictures and how well it showed the details the author was talking about in the story. I think students would like this book because it is so different from what they are used to. There was no tv or xbox just the outdoors and kids today aren't used to that. This book would be great to read and then have students write about when they were growing up so they can compare the two childhoods.
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