Born and Bred in the Great Depression Hardcover – Picture Book, October 11, 2011

This book was so sweet. I love the value it placed on family, working hard, generosity toward others, perseverance, and being thankful in all things. I highly recommend.

An outstanding document to inform all those born since 1935 (including adults)about the real personal nature of the Depression. It should provide outstanding opportunities to stimulate discussion between the few of us remaining who lived it and subsequent generations who have no idea of what it was all about.I bought 6 copies -- for my 57 year old son, his 55 year old sister, their 50 year old and 40 year old brothers -- and one for myself. I am asking each of them to read it, discuss it with me and my wife and discuss it with our 14 grandchildren as precursor to discussion amongst them each.

it is a story about the harsh trials of everyday living. At times you live life as though the drudgery was endless. Your future was never going to change and get better. The absence of hope was impacting our very lives. Would it ever end? Children asked their parents for food, shoes, clothing. Would it ever get better?

This book is an authentic look back at the difficult time one family had during the Great Depression. The pictures as well as the story are a great history lesson for children as well as adults. I related to this story because my parents were young during this time and experienced many of the things the family in the book experienced.

A son tells his father's story of life growing up in the 1930's in East Texas, in the Great Depression. He recounts his father's family's resourcefulness and sense of survival, finding ways to put meals on the table and to make ends meet. Children, ages 7-10, will learn about the Great Depression, as well as steadfast love and effort, in this historical picture book.