Kirjahaku

A Collection of Short Stories has something for children ages three to young teens. Young children will enjoy Buster Bunny's Thanksgiving. Mrs. Bunny sends Buster to the woods to pick berries for Thanksgiving pie and gets into trouble. "Mila the Little Turtle". Hudson gets Mila for a birthday present. Mom ties a balloon on a string and then around Mila's shell. Suddenly the wind picks up the little turtle, and flys away. "Time and Time Again" is a fun way to create a story using one word like "time". They will enjoy the story The Brief Encounter of two little mice, Eek, and Click. Who lives on a mouse pad at Microsoft. Pookie's big adventure is a story about Captain Pookie, his parrot thatch and his pet snail named Rosco, who lives in a potted plant on Captain Pookie's sailboat The Soper Slup. A favorite story for young girls is The Magic of Snowflake. A kitten with magical powers arrives at Emma's home and makes everyone happy. Years later, Snowflake has to go back to heaven on a moonbeam. Grandma Jan made a pink scarf for Emma and for Snowflake. Emma puts her pink scarf around her neck and holds Snowflakes scarf next to her cheek. Emma sees two little stars blinking in the night sky and wonder.

In the late summer of 1900, the Zimmer family, Jacob and wife Mable sailed from Germany to New York City in America. Their two daughters, Hannah age 11 and Lilly age 8 came too. Jacob wanted to start a new life and open a bakery in the city. He wanted to bake loaves of bread, cookies, cakes and pastries. Mama and the children were not sure of starting a new life in a faraway country. The family waited several weeks to be processed at Ellis Island. They had to become American citizens, learn English, American customs and the American way. Papa found a job in a livery stable. They moved into an apartment house in an area of New York City where other German families lived. Hannah was not happy living in the city. She was used to wading in crystal clear streams, climbing trees and playing on the Zimer farm, owned by the Zimmer grandparents. Mama died of typhoid fever and left Jacob to raise his two girls by himself. When he felt he could no longer care for them, he sent the girls to a local orphanage. Hannah and Lilly faced many challenges living as orphans and were sure they would never be happy again. Hannah married David when she was sixteen. Now she had a new life as a wife and mother. She took care of Lilly. They never saw Papa again.

In the late summer of 1900, the Zimmer family, Jacob and wife Mable sailed from Germany to New York City in America. Their two daughters, Hannah age 11 and Lilly age 8 came too. Jacob wanted to start a new life and open a bakery in the city. He wanted to bake loaves of bread, cookies, cakes and pastries. Mama and the children were not sure of starting a new life in a faraway country. The family waited several weeks to be processed at Ellis Island. They had to become American citizens, learn English, American customs and the American way. Papa found a job in a livery stable. They moved into an apartment house in an area of New York City where other German families lived. Hannah was not happy living in the city. She was used to wading in crystal clear streams, climbing trees and playing on the Zimer farm, owned by the Zimmer grandparents. Mama died of typhoid fever and left Jacob to raise his two girls by himself. When he felt he could no longer care for them, he sent the girls to a local orphanage. Hannah and Lilly faced many challenges living as orphans and were sure they would never be happy again. Hannah married David when she was sixteen. Now she had a new life as a wife and mother. She took care of Lilly. They never saw Papa again.