Itโs Shoutout Saturday! Let me tell you about this very special gem from my collection by @gloriajeanpinkney entitled BACK HOME.
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๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐ด๐ตย Living far away from extended family can make it tough to build and maintain bonds that help young children build their identity.
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๐๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆย This book reminds me of the many road trips my husband and I made with our children during their formative years.
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๐ง๐พ๐๐๐คย Here the young star of the story travels from the city to visit her relatives at the home place down south and learns valuable lessons about life, legacy and family love.
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๐ง๐พ๐ญ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐ง๐ฟ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ป๐ญ๐ง๐ผโ๐ฆฐ๐ญย Thereโs much to be learned from stories like this about the sacrifices we make to hold onto our family relationships and pass our memories and traditions from one generation to the next even when life scatters is across the globe.
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๐บ๐ธย ๐ฌ๐ญย ๐ณ๐ฌย ๐ฎ๐ชย ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟย ๐ช๐ธย ๐ฉ๐ชย We all come from somewhere and that shapes us and gives us something to draw from as we work to carry forward the best of our family legacies.
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๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ย Have you read this book? What do you love about the story?
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