Highly recommended for those who like their reading to be both quiet and deeply felt. My only regret is that I couldn’t enjoy it in its original language. I put the book down feeling different about myself and the world. It is like nothing I’ve ever read before. I defy anyone to read it and not be moved. I can’t say why, because to do so would destroy the central premise. It reads like a memoir - the author is closely related to this family - but it is actually a novel. They just get on with life, working hard with an unwavering Christian faith. What is most remarkable about this book is this resilience of the whole family in the face of misfortune upon misfortune. Reading with your child is a great way to connect and have special time with them, learn new vocabulary and concepts, and engage in meaningful conversations. Rebecca helped about the farm, cared for her younger siblings, and later for her nieces and nephews, and took in sewing. Read Aloud At Home: Matthew and Tilly by Rebecca C. Bob wanted to train as a doctor but had to remain working the land. Not only that, but Rebecca and her sighted brother Bob had to leave school at twelve, although both would have also benefited from further education.
Although this enabled them to lead fulfilled lives, it came with a heavy price because it severed their connection with their Welsh heritage. Their parents sacrificed much to pay for their schooling in England. Rebecca Jones looks back in old age to her long life on a remote farm in Snowdonia.
This slim volume was originally published in Welsh to great acclaim. (Feb.Written by Angharad Price Lloyd Jones (trans.) The fact that Matthew is white and Tilly is African-American adds further merit to this exemplary effort. There can never be too many books about the importance of friendship and forgiveness-especially when they are of this caliber. Text and illustrations are beautifully balanced: Peck's depiction of Matthew, sitting dejectedly on the stairs of his apartment building, seems to make the words ``By himself'' ring with loneliness. Apologies come quickly and easily, and the two are ``together again.'' This is not an unfamiliar tale, but it is told here with simple eloquence and poignancy. It is not long, though, before the two realize that everything is more fun when they have each other. But even the best of friends quarrel now and then-in this case, a broken purple crayon is the problem, and Matthew and Tilly go their separate ways. Matthew and Tilly live in the same neighborhood in the heart of a big city, and they do everything together: ride bikes, play street games, sell lemonade.
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