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Farm to Film: A Nostalgic Book Review

November 12, 2021 by Lauren 18 Comments

Nostalgic bookSomething about the holidays makes me nostalgic.  Many of my best memories center around Thanksgiving and Christmas.  When the calendar turns to November and then December, I become sentimental for my family and friends, our traditions and gatherings.  And I welcome a hope for those good times again.

 

A Nostalgic Book Review

 

This same feeling overtook me as I poured over a children’s book today.  Farm to Film:  An Alphabetical Adventure Told Through the Eyes of an Old Lens by Hannah Miles Pierrou took me back to a familiar time.  No, I never lived on a farm, nor regularly visited one as a child; but this story captures the wonder through which a child sees the world around them.  And that sensation is universal.

 

The heroine of this tale uses an old camera to capture the activities of daily living on her grandparents’ farm.  And the author’s gorgeous illustrations made me want to visit the farm too.  Although the pictures of animals and other country treasures, along with the ABC’s make this an engaging book for a little one; the artistry of the poetry and illustrations captured my adult imagination.

 

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A literary agent generously gifted me this copy to review, and I can’t wait to gift copies to some little ones I know this Christmas.

 

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