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A Forever Family Living in the Big House is a children's book with many important lessons children need to learn. Not only will children enjoy the story, they will learn about diversity and acceptance, adoption, love, compassion for others, friendships, siblings, hygiene, manners, and coping with the difficulties in life.
Sal has chosen to present these delicate topics in a non-threatening way through the use of different species of pets telling his or her story.
Sal has been a huge support of children for over 40 years and has over twenty-five years of experience working with children. He and his wife Linda reside in Peoria, Arizona. Sal enjoys writing, camping, and spending time with his wife - Linda - and their family.
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
A Forever Family Living in the Big House by Sal A. Edwards is a story of sharing and living together. Now by sharing and living together, the author also includes animals. The book is an educational story where the world of children is opened up to many concepts and moral lessons like love, compassion, acceptance etc. This family has two cats, two dogs, a bird, mother, father and a sister all living together in one house. They all get along as a family and in this story, they share their lessons of tolerance, love, and acceptance with the readers.
The story has an educational theme, concepts and morals that are important for any child reader. Children gain knowledge by reading books and these educational books are excellent in guiding them in a positive manner to deal with day to day life. How to co-exist with other members of your family is also discussed in the story. Princess Stubs, Baby Max, Pretty Girl Sunshine, Lola Lolita, and Bitsi Boo Bitsi are all endearing characters in the story.
A Forever Family Living in the Big House is a book that can be read aloud to children in libraries, book stores, and at home. Children are taught the importance of obeying their parents and also learning to share. The author also stresses the importance of family and relationships which should be inculcated into any child at an early stage in their lives. The Epilogue has some interactive questions which is a nice way of finding out how much the child has been able to understand the story.
