In reading Educating the WholeHearted Child, the Clarksons recommend James Herriot's Treasury for Children so highly that I thought I'd see if it was in our library system. I was a bit trepidatious (I don't think that's a real word) about the book because I've read his other books so I know how much swearing and drinking are in them. I started to read them to our older girls when they were jr. high and high school age, but quit after the first couple chapters because I just wasn't comfortable saying, "don't do this and don't say this" then reading a book where both are done liberally. The only objectionable thing in Treasury for Children is one "What the devil?"
I not only found the book, but also the audio book. I requested both. We got the audio book before we had our vacation and enjoyed listening to the stories. K.'s favorite is 'Moses the Kitten'.
Last week the book came in and now we are working our way through it and all the wonderful illustrations. It is neat to hear K. recognize the stories from the audio book when I'm reading it.
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