More Good Books
This morning before school Mario and I finished reading Book 2 in the new series "Warriors: The New Prophecy." This child, who used to have to be talked into listening to a book, ran upstairs and brought down Book 3, looked at the clock and said, "At least we can read the prologue." These are fantastic books in which cats (yes, cats!) struggle for the survival of their highly-organized, faithful and complex society during a siege by people and machines on their forest. Author Erin Hunter does a brilliant job creating an imaginary -- and yet somehow very realistic -- world in which cats organize, talk and solve problems. They also succumb to pointless ancient hatreds and xenophobia -- just like people. We are on the edge of ours seats wondering how the leading characters in the book will survive the trying times in which they live.