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House on Dirty-Third Street

House on Dirty-Third Street by Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Pages: 32 Hardcover 10 3/8 x 9 3/8
Date Published: March 2012
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers

A mother and daughter turn a hopeless old house into a loving family home with faith, hard work, and the support of their community.

When a girl and her mother are forced to start over, they find themselves feeling isolated and defeated. Longing for their former neighborhood and friends, and overwhelmed by the repairs their new house needs, they finally realize they can’t do everything alone – the only way to make things better is to ask for help. They both learn that when you reach out to the community, people answer with kindness. As the house gets rebuilt, so does their sense of belonging.

The House On Dirty-Third Street will touch the heart of anyone who has faced starting over in difficult circumstances.

Read in December, 2011

This is such a great book, especially for today’s time. There is so much economical stress going on and kids might not really understand. One things I’ve always loved is that you can point them back to things like the stories of Kit’s life (an American Girl story + doll). But we need more than that. This picture book story is current (not 1900s depression era) and really explains without explaining what is going on and how things are hard but okay. Things will be okay. Things might change, you might move, but life can continue anywhere and it is what you make it.

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book to anyone and everyone. This is my first experience with Peachtree Publishers and definitely not my last.

*Thanks to Peachtree Publishers for loaning me an electronic copy through NetGalley.*

Jo S. Kittinger is a graduate of the University of Montevallo and the author of a number of children’s books.

You can visit Jo S. Kittinger’s website here.

Thomas Gonzalez was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the United States as a child. An artist and painter, he directed campaigns for clients such as Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, NASCAR, the NFL, and McDonald’s. 14 Cows for America is the first book he illustrated. Gonzalez lives in Georgia.

You can visit Thomas Gonzalez’s website here.

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The Creative Madness Mama also known as Margaret is a Christian Stay-at-home Mama, married to the Enginerd, quilter, cross stitcher, avid reader and book-a-holic. As book blogger for various publicists, she loves to share the latest and greatest about books coming out as well as her needle art and other crafty projects with some pictures of her fourteen-year-old AppleBlossom, twelve-year-old OrangeBlossom (the Princess), nine-year-old Almond Blossom (the Rascal boy!), six-year-old (red) Mermaid Warrior, the four-and-a-half-year-old Viking Dragon, and Huckleberry (due in June 2024!) in between. Homeschooling, cloth diapering, breastfeeding, babywearing, bone broth brewing, tea drinking, list making mama full of a little creative and a lot of madness.

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