We are iced in this weekend. No school on Friday. All the roads are ice. The 7 Acre Wood is a regular ice rink. It’s white and beautiful and when I run across it the Mom Person says I sound like a horse clopping along. Buddy the pony left us some yummy popsicles! We don’t get this white stuff very often. It’s fun when it comes – for me and Walker anyway, the Mom Person does not like it at all!
It all brings to mind a lovely book we have called Hannah’s Bookmobile Christmas. We got this book some time ago because the Mom Person has a thing for bookmobiles. She would like to have her own bookmobile and I could help her with it! But the thing that I love most about this book is that it is illustrated by one of my very favoritest illustrators – Ms Gabi Swiatkowska. Incredible artwork! The book is written by Sally Derby. It was published in 2001 by Henry Holt and Co.
This is a story of a young girl Hannah and her Aunt Mary who drives a bookmobile named Blue Bird. It’s Christmas Eve. “Snowflakes like dandelion fluff floated in the air. Christmas carols rang through the streets, and the sleigh bells on Blue Bird’s door chimed merrily as people went in and out.” All day they made stops for people to come in and visit and check out books. Lots of people gave them Christmas goodies and warm cheer. And all the time, Mary worried about the snow. At the end of the day she would have to return Hannah to her home on the top of a very steep hill. The tension mounts as the day slips away and the snow gets heavier. But Mary and Hannah visit everyone on their route. Then comes the trek up Hannah’s hill. It’s nail biting time as Blue Bird slips and slides. Finally they reach Hannah’s lane but it is too treacherous to go any further, so the two librarians decide to stay the night right there in Blue Bird. They were safe and cozy and snuggled up with their hot cocoa and Christmas stories to read.
There is a brief history of bookmobiles at the end of the book. This is a great read for a snowy, icy day!
I hope you’re warm and snuggled wherever you are
Rhythm
Reading With Rhythm 
I love this story — you sure know how to pick them! As a child, I loved book mobiles in the summer. Rhythm I think you should get your own book mobile/van as you certainly carry around a lot of books. The Rhythm Mobile!
I’ve never seen a real book mobile. Our little car is kind of a book mobile. It sure would be fun to have a great big one! I like the sound of that Rhythm Mobile!! Here we come!
Ice and snow! Yay!! I can’t wait!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Do you get a lot of that stuff where you live? I hope you get some soon!
Oh we’re warm alright! š
I believe it’s summertime down your way right? hahaha!
It would appear so!
The Mom Person would like to come visit. She’s tired of winter.
mom person , you amaze me !!!!!!!!!!! your mom
It’s in the genes I guess.
Great idea, The Rhythm Mobile! š
You and Walker look smashing in the white stuff. I love this white stuff, we have lots and lots and lots of it where I come from…
Big hug and season greetings to Texas from the white North…
Dina
I like the snow, but I also like swimming in my river. It’s nice to have the cold for a bit and then lots of hot for awhile too.
Right! The white stuff makes the summer feel really great!
So how did you comment on my pictures? I can’t figure out how you did that. Very interesting!
Great, Rhythm! You and Walker look like you guys are having tons of fun in the snow. š
It is lots of fun, but kind of slippy, slidey! Those pictures look like snow, but it’s mostly crunchy, slick ice.
We have similar stuff here. š¦
It’s very heart-warming to read about stopping in at different folks on the way home. Sounds perfect for Christmas time.
That is the thing to do at Christmas time. A time of cheer and good will.
Be safe in all that white stuff. I used to love the bookmobile. – Lorian
Our white stuff is pretty slippy slidey. I’ve slid down the hill a couple of times. Not too bad. Kind of fun. I’ve never seen a real bookmobile before. I think I would love one too.
I hope that you had some fun in the snow, Rhythm. And I think that you and your Mom Person would be be perfect to run a book mobile. You would be excellent at helping people choose exactly the right book for them.