Love from Your Friend, Hannah

My 11 year old SON just finished reading "Love From Your Friend, Hannah" and he just couldn't stop talking about it. ...I believe this book, written with courage, passion,and joy by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky and Laura Hamilton encompasses the many longings that children in our time crave. For one, the idea of writing to real people the "old fashioned way" is an almost long-forgotten art. ... Secondly, this book takes a historical time period and brings it vividly to life-a way that inspires children to take a real look at History. Finally, it presents the dreamy "possibility" that even a child could write to someone of influence and "make a difference" (Even though the letters and responses from President Roosevelt in this book are not authentic). Since reading this book, my son has begun a voracious search of how to get a "real" on-paper penpal and is encouraged to find out more about the time period of The Great Depression. Parents of boys, don't count this one out!

I rated this book a five star book. Love from your friend, Hannah is written by Mindy W. Skolsky. This book is filled with letters to people that this girl named Hannah. Hannah writes to everyone such as her best friend Aggie, her pen pal Edward from Wichita Kansas, her Aunt Becky who knits very lumpy, her grandma, President Roosevelt, and many more. Hannah Diamond lives in the back of the grand View restaurant, that her parents own. Hannah is very good in school, especially in spelling. She never misspells a word until she spells the word restaurateur. Hannah writes to President Roosevelt and he writes back and sends her a stamp from his stamp collection. Hannah writes to her best friend, Aggie many many times and she never answers back. She goes up to her secret place on a mountain ad writes most of her letters and the other letters are written in her room on her roll-top desk. Much more happens in this book so I do recommend it!

Love From Your Friend Hannah is a great bood for kids who like realistic fiction. Hannah is nine years old and her best friend, Aggie, moves away. Hannah wants to be Aggie's pen pal but ends up with a boy named Edward. Hannah does not like Edward at first. After a while she ends up talking and giving each other school tips. She also write to the President which was Franklin Roosevelt. When Hannah writes to President Roosevelt because she does not have Aggie to play with, Roosevelt writes back saying Mrs. Roosevelt likes to read. Hannah writes to Mrs. Roosevelt and says she likes reading too. Hannah and the Roosevelts become good friends. I truthfully loved this book!

I'm pretty picky when it comes to reading, but I LOVED this book! Not only is it educational, but fun, clever and exciting! It held my interest throughout the whole book and had cute letters and situations that I can relate to, being a kid about Hannah's age. So go on out there and READ THIS BOOK!

This book is absoultely great! You read all about Hannah's struggles from trying to get her best friend Aggie Branagan who moved to write back, to writing to the President, The First Lady, and the President's secretary Missy. You really should read this book! I Loved it, but you may have different opinions!