bigger than a bread box by laurel snyder

“A tender, delicate recounting.”- Publishers Weekly “Spare, poetic words sit as lightly as snowflakes.” -Wall Street Journal Wisconsin State Reading Association’s “Picture This” List! Georgia Picture Book Award Finalist (2016-17) ! STARRED Review in School Library Journal!īanks Street Best Children’s Books of the Year! Parents Magazine’s 10 Best Books of 2017! New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids! Southern Living’s Best Children’s Books of 2017!Ĭhicago Public Library Best of the Best Books (2017)! King County Library System Best Books of 2017! Starred review in School Library Journal!Ĭhicago Public Library “Best of the Best Books (2017)!īrightly’s Best Children’s Books of 2017!Įvanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids (2017)! WSRA Children’s Literature 2020 Recommendation Lists! Just so long as you buy books, books, books! (they don’t have to be MY books. Of course, if neither of these options tickles your fancy, there are many ways to skin a cat (though not the one from the indie bookstore, for gosh sakes). If this is the case, may I suggest that you contact MY favorite ATL independent bookstore, Ask for Diane. However, it’s possible that you live in a place where there is no such shop. Where you might also find a cup of mint tea, or a cat.

Ages 8 12.It is always nice to buy your books from the sweet little (or big) old (or young) bookseller at your favorite local bookstore. The insightful, memorable, and complex characters that Snyder creates result in a story with the same qualities. Introspective and rich with delicate imagery, this coming-of-age tale shares themes with Snyder's Penny Dreadful (2010). But Rebecca comes to understand that the box won't solve her problems (conversely, it creates some enormous ones) she has to do that on her own. One day while exploring her grandmother's attic, Rebecca finds a magic breadbox that will grant any wish that fits inside it: a cookie, money, pens, lip-gloss, candy, or a diamond. When Rebecca discovers this isn't just a quick visit (her mother has a temp job for herself lined up and a new school picked out for Rebecca), she's furious. Rebecca's father has been out of work, and her mother is fed up after a big fight with her husband, she packs up the children and drives from Baltimore to Atlanta to visit Rebecca and Lew's grandmother. I knew from the weird fuzzy humming inside my head,' thinks 12-year-old Rebecca Shapiro as her family ruptures before her eyes.

Bigger than a bread box by laurel snyder