Read Aloud: The Secret Garden

The Husband and I take turns reading aloud to The Kid for about a half hour before bed most nights. Our most recent book was The Secret Garden, which is one of my all-time childhood favorites. I love the friendships between the kids, reading through the changes that occur for Mary and Colin, and the great relationship that the kids have with some of the adults. This one is a long book, and it tells its story slowly and gently, so it's definitely for patient listeners. But it can also be helped along by Inga Moore's illustrations in the fantastic version we found!