We finally finished reading Strawberry Girl

Ah, it was a delight. Now that I think about it the time it took Evie and I to finish reading Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (about 170 pages), it was worth the while. We've been reading through many great books like Ivy & Bean together at about the same length but in less time. Maybe we wanted time to really absorb all of the old Florida life, family and adventure that we could.

Although it might have been the deep Southern drawls that I had to work through that made up most of the story. Evie and I laughed so many times at my attempts to impersonate a Florida "cracker" (still hard even with me being a native myself) from the olden days. Ever since we read The Secret River by Marjorie Kinnan Rawling I've been trying to find more children's stories for Evie that take place in old Florida. Evie was mesmerized when we read The Secret River together.

I found Strawberry Girl at our local library and I felt upon sight that it fit Evie's love for children's stories from the 1940-50's. It was also came highly recommended by a librarian friend, amongst others like Betsy & Tacy. I truly enjoy these reading times with Evie and I'm confident that she'll remember each one for a long time to come.