Miki Conn, Avia Schelts-Brown
The Story of a House
eBook
(Miki Conn Aug. 4, 2020)
A run-down house sits alone, abandoned in the woods, overgrown with weeds and tumbling down. Some hikers peek in through the broken windows. Who used to live there? Where did they go? If houses could talk, this is the story it might tell.
This children’s picture book follows the story of a house as it cycles through the lives of two generations.
The house starts off as a hunter’s cabin in the woods and, as his life grows and changes, (adding a dog, a wife, children) the house also grows. The children grow up and move away, bringing back their children for holidays and ultimately the hunter and wife grow old and leave the house to go live with their children. After many years, the abandoned, run down house is discovered by a modern family that fixes it up and restores the house. It’s really a story about the circle of life, motivated by the author’s fascination with old abandoned houses.
This children’s picture book follows the story of a house as it cycles through the lives of two generations.
The house starts off as a hunter’s cabin in the woods and, as his life grows and changes, (adding a dog, a wife, children) the house also grows. The children grow up and move away, bringing back their children for holidays and ultimately the hunter and wife grow old and leave the house to go live with their children. After many years, the abandoned, run down house is discovered by a modern family that fixes it up and restores the house. It’s really a story about the circle of life, motivated by the author’s fascination with old abandoned houses.
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- 37