Gage loves books. At 9 months he looks, listens, then eats. We took him to the park today and brought along a book that was graciously sent to us by the author.
Abe is homeless in the big city, but homeless doesn’t mean hopeless. When something he needs is presented to him through good fortune (food, gloves, money) he gladly shares his bounty with others that are also in need.
This is a lovely book about sharing without expecting anything in return. It reminded me of Gift of the Magi by O.Henry, but with a happier ending! It was also made more relevant to children by using a person they may see on the streets. It is a great way to teach kids about sharing and treating everyone with respect, even those who you don’t know or understand.
The illustrations by Kalpart were very good, although there was a mother who looked like she was supposed to be a nurse but looked she was wearing a man’s shirt with thigh high tights. This really wasn’t a problem, but I kept coming back to her because it didn’t seem right. Definitely not a problem for a child reading the book.
I think this is a great book with life lessons for kids in the preschool age group. I know I’ll be reading it to Gage again in a year or two.
You can purchase this book at Outskirts Press. It was published last month and is 31 pages.
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He’s one of the few babies I’ve seen that doesn’t think books are for eating!
Gage is so cute, he looks thoroughly captivated by the book!
Gage does love his books! I’m so glad. He not only enjoys the colorful pictures and the stories, but he likes to test the flavors too! That’s a really cute picture of you two.
Gage looks engrossed in the book! What a cute picture!
Great post and very cute photo! Thanks so much for sharing!
So loving that photo of Gage really checking this book out. Sounds like a great story for young kids!!
As the author of ‘Abe’s Lucky Day’, just let me say that I LOVE the picture of little Gage with my book! And thanks, Stacy, for the feedback on the character of the little girls mother. Next time I will make sure I stay away from the thigh-highs! I hope Gage still enjoys the book when he is older – thanks for taking the time to reveiew it.
I love the picture of you and Gage reading at the park!! He looks very intent, it looks like he will love books! This sounds like a great book for kids with a good premise, happy endings are nice at this age:)
What a great shot! He looks so into the book.
Oh, definitely it sounds like a good book about life’s not so beautiful side; a great way to explain what being homeless means. Cute picture of you and Gage 🙂