Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until June 30, 2023. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of Penguin Random House Publishing Company.
Today’s story is McBroom Tells the Truth, by Sid Fleischman, copyright 1966. I first discovered this book when my sons and I were staying in our good friends’ cabin in Michigan. There was no electricity in the cabin, so at night we lit hurricane lamps and watched the fireflies gleaming outside over the pond. There was a bookshelf in the cabin, and on it we found several stories about McBroom, his wife Melissa, and his eleven redheaded youngsters. I read the books aloud by lamplight. I’m sure you’ll also enjoy hearing about McBroom and his wonderful one-acre farm!
Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.
Listening to audiobooks really does count as reading, and there's no better way to relax than to hear Stories Come to Life!
Let me know what you think! Please send an email to me at kluker@marshallpl.org. I'd love to hear from you!