Happy Winter Solstice

The darkest day didn't stop the children from enjoying a glorious recess, or a great book about our shortest day.

Beyond the Laughing Sky by Michelle Cuevas

We finished a beautifully poetic book on Friday- ask you child about it!

Here's the description from GoodReads:

Ten-year-old Nashville doesn’t feel like he belongs with his family, in his town, or even in this world. He was hatched from an egg his father found on the sidewalk and has grown into something not quite boy and not quite bird. Despite the support of his loving parents and his adoring sister, Junebug, Nashville wishes more than anything that he could join his fellow birds up in the sky. After all, what's the point of being part bird if you can't even touch the clouds?

With an ear for language and a gift for storytelling, Michelle Cuevas will remind fans of Stuart Little and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon that anything is possible. Even flying.