Welcome to Stories Come to Life. I am your host, Kathryn Lopez Luker. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until June 30, 2022. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company. 

I am the children’s librarian in Pocatello, Idaho. Every year we give the prestigious and coveted Pocatellecott Award to the authors of our favorite books of the year. In 2012, Ellen Bryan Obed won this award for her delightful book, Twelve Kinds of Ice. Listen here as the Bryan family enjoys the coming of the ice season when they can skate all over the countryside, and even make a rink in their own garden. Not only does this book have beautiful images and language, but it makes me long for the days when we, too, can skim over the ground on silver skates, if only in our dreams. 

Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life.