This series will meet a wide range of needs, enabling many people who love to read to continue having that pleasure. Large type and full-colored illustrations make the stories accessible to all readers, many of whom may have their own special memories of those periods of history. The stories are set in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in an easy-to-read, short-story format in the genres we love, mystery, romance, ghost stories, and science fiction. These books are ideal for a wide range of people and abilities of various ages, and for those with early cognition issues, they are IDEAL! This allows flexibility to share intergenerationally, allowing grandma or grandpa to read to their grandchildren, or their grandkids can read the book to their grandparents if they are in the mood to share.Īlong the lines of intergenerational, the books also can teach children a bit about the past and engage in conversation about the good old days that elders refer to.
The Larger-sized book makes it easier to hold as it is common for fine motor skills to decline as we age. In addition, they would meet multiple needs: What I found was Ann’s books (the Reminisce book line) were designed to be dignified and intriguing. I was excited to review the books myself, as so often books for our elders have small print, they are hard to hold, or have storylines that are too complicated to comprehend, or on the other side, they are overly simplified and child-like. Her books were actually inspired by an elder, her 96-year-old mother, who still enjoys reading. Ann explained her series would be different from the books currently available. When Ann Aubitz from Kirk House Publishers called me about the new line of books she was publishing for older readers, my ears perked up.
Written by several authors, the stories are set in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s in an easy-to-read, short-story format. Kirk House Publishers is proud to present the Reminisce Line of reader-friendly books. These books are meant to be easy to read, have a complete storyline, and help readers remember a time long past and to reminisce. It is for people like me and my mom that LOVE to read. This is why I started this line of books. She would get frustrated and distraught because reading no longer brought her joy. She tried and failed to read books with more complex storylines and smaller type. Unfortunately for her, there were no other books like this in the library. My mom would run her fingers over the pictures to remember a time long past. This book contained illustrations and larger print. It was altered from the original book in a good way. It was Little Women by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. In her Senior Living facility library, she discovered a book that she loved. I remember only a few times while growing up that my mom didn’t have a book, magazine, or word puzzle in her hands-she had an insatiable quest for knowledge. Born in 1926 to a family with sixteen children, she never finished high school, but she had a thirst for knowledge and reading that thrived throughout the years. In those stories, I went to far-off places and had amazing adventures. It was a time when my friends were playing their first computer games, but not me-my nose was always buried in a book. But, of course, this was before reading was cool like it is now.