Once Upon A HillExploring the world is easy today, all one needs is the internet. Getting to know the ground beneath one's feet is quite another story. I began to look for the island on which I live, and, it wasn't there. So began my quest. Why was it difficult to read the landscape? All its past had been viewed from ships at sea, or from libraries in lands I had never been to. All its history was hearsay and all its storytellers were dead. I was an alchemist at the

whistling parrots

And when the Christmas rush at the cafe—with its increased demand for her delectable creations—begins to take its toll

An Unlikely Friendship: The bond between a boy and a talking mouse is put to the test when they leave the safety of the hotel for the wild world of elementary school

After Rex and Rosie’s divorce

Night is coming and small things without words are going to sleep

the Westminster Dog Show

'Nonno Anni gives me a nudge

Nell's fate also hangs in the balance

I loved this story… I shed a tear or two before the end… Fabulous’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

her dad's in jail

fragile young Lilija and all the other Europeans starting their lives afresh

to make up for the fact that she didn’t—couldn’t—save Jane’s life