![]() ![]() He considers everything he might give, but none of it seems right. Mama encourages James Otis to come up with something for the little girl, even though they have so little themselves. “Remember, what is given from the heart reaches the heart.” ![]() He asked them to add Irene Temple and her young daughter to their list, because they just lost everything in a fire. “Just as we always do, we’ll be delivering love boxes to needy folk in our community.” Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, the reverend at their church announced: “‘Long as we have our health and strength, we are blessed, James Otis,’ Mama said, tryin’ to sound brave.” They now live in a run-down house with few possessions. This lovely book tells the story of a little boy named James Otis, who, along with his mother, is enduring hard times since the death of his dad and loss of their farm. ![]()
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