Going Down Home with Daddy

Lil Alan is excited about going to his family reunion with his parents and sister, but he doesn't know what he wants to share with others during the celebration. He is happy to explore his great-grandma's farm with his cousins and eat with his extended family and go to church and then, finally, to go to the reunion together. When it is time to share, Lil Alan knows just what to say.

This is a book filled with the joy and love that comes from a family, with beautiful illustrations and text. “Nothing is more important than family,” Alan's Granny tells everyone. When Lil Alan doesn't know what to say, his daddy advises him, “Think with your heart.”

It's such a happy feeling to read this story, a story that celebrates both the achievement of the family of the past and the strengths of each individual in the contemporary family.