One of the verses has even become a family saying for when the sun comes out:

It’s a lovely rhyming story of a forgetful lion who goes on a day trip to visit his cousin and leaves something behind at every stage of the journey. As you can see above I received it for Christmas when I was about two and a half, and it became a firm favourite. I’d love other book bloggers to join me (or maybe you’re doing it already and I’m behind the curve) so please comment and link me to your blog if you’re doing it too!įirst up is a book from my past that has recently become part of my present Forget Me Not by Paul Rogers, illustrated by Celia Berridge. She currently lives in California.Scrolling through my emails, I saw one (from .uk I think) with the hashtag #ThrowBookThursday and I thought that would make a fun ‘meme’ where I thought about books from my past which had made an impact on me. When not writing, she devotes her time to championing human rights. Isabel Allende is the author of more than twenty-three novels, including Violeta, The House of Spirits, Daughter of Fortune, The Wind Knows My Name, and A Long Petal to the Sea. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers-and never stop dreaming. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.Īrizona, 2019. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht-the night his family loses everything.

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