Fun at the Fair

We enjoyed a lovely evening and delicious meal made from a "vintage" country fair recipe in honor of this month's book, "Moo" by Sharon Creech.  Thank you so much Esther for nourishing us with this yummy recipe and thanks everyone for their pot-luck contributions, especially Debbie G with her new recipe for peach-raspberry cobbler.  As always, this gathering of friends was very relaxing and the conversation insightful. 

"Moo" appeared to be a simple and quick read; a tween's book.  We were all pleasantly surprised by the heartfelt depth of this book as well as the expressive presentation of the text; font size/style changing to emphasis the prose and the poetry.  A family leaves their city life for a harbor town in Maine and the kids learn an entirely new way to relate to the world.  The main character is Reena, the daughter, who describes life changing from "an inside girl" (the city) to an "outside girl" (the country).  The author gave the characters a very real voice and one could easily feel their emotions.  Many new experiences and lessons are learned as Reena and her brother Luke meet their new community and it's unique residents; other kids, older folks and many animals, especially a banded Holstein named Zora.