The Remembering Box

I recall reading this book when I was a young girl (I checked it out of the library at our synogogue). A couple years back I found it again and bought it to read to my children. My oldest (now almost 4) found it and has enjoyed listening to it for the past several months. She loves hearing the stories of the old gandmother, and it has prompted her to ask to hear stories about our relatives who are no longer with us. I think it also helps her to reflect upon, and appreciate her relationship with her grandparents. We usually only read a chapter or two at a time, but we have read the book several times over by now. She will often ask for the "Grandma Goldina" book, and I would place it among her favorites. I know that we will be reading and enjoying it for many years to come. The ending is beyond her at this point, and I don't spell it out for her, but I'm sure when she is old enough to figure it out, she will be old enough to accept it.

The Remembering box tells about a little boy named Joshua and his Grandmother who collects items that mean a lot to her. One day Joshua wanted to go to his Grandmother's but his father told him that since you got smart with me you are not going to your Grandmpthers house. Joshua then and was very upset and was not happy with his father, so he went to his room and begin to cry on his bed.The reason Joshua got very upset and unhappy with his father was because he wanted to go to his Grandmother's house. Joshua wanted to go to his Grandmother's house was to sit down with his Grandmother and go through the box in which they called The Remembering Box because it brought back good memories. It sometimes brough back bad ones. There was item in the box thet I do remember. It was a stick that belonged to his Grandmother's father. He used this stick by poking it in the ground to find out where the water was so that he could dig a well. This is how they found water in those days. Well,so far in this story I liked this book. There was only one thing i didn't like about this story ,was when Joahua's Dad told him that he couldn't go to his Grandmother's house. Other than that I give this book and the author, ETH CLIFFORD, an A+.