It is getting harder and harder to find appropriate, charming, classic-like stories. Gina Handerhan’s book, The House On Maple Street is here to change that!

 Although this is a newer book, it is not less charming than famous works like The Moffats or Little House In The Big Woods. 

Set in the '90s, The House On Maple Street follows a home-schooling farm family in Illinois.            

 In this heartwarming story, Sarah eagerly awaits Christmas and the first snow of the year. Sarah is ten this year, and hopes Mom and Dad will get her those ice-skating lessons she's always wanted. As the Christmas season approaches, Sarah and her family go caroling at a nursing home, give out cookies to their neighbors, see their first Nutcracker Performance, enjoy family time with both sides of relatives, and receive lots of gifts!

Above all, The House On Maple Street is clean and heart-warming. It shows the warmth that only faith in God and a family can bring. 

 With an ever-growing list of books to choose from, what makes The House On Maple Street stand out? What makes it worth reading? Many books today, even young children's books, promote gay families, transgender, or other false religious teachings. At our library, there are TONS of Muslim picture books, inappropriate teenage books, or just really bad deep magic books(witches, mediums, etc.). 

But The House On Maple Street is unique in these ways. It does not promote these things, in fact, there is no magic in it whatsoever(unless you count the heart-warming magic of a family!) or any gay or non-Christian teaching. On the contrary, this book is about a Christian home-schooling family and their winter. 

Another point is that in the USA, many fathers are often portrayed as not qualifying leaders and husbands. But in The House On Maple Street, Sarah’s father is funny, kind, a leader and someone who loves both his wife and his children. 

The book’s language seems to draw you in and warm your spirit till the end. Because of this, it has a classic-like feel. 

This is what makes The House On Maple Street different. 

Now that you know what makes this book different and what it is about, who should read this? What is a good age group or people group to recommend this book to? Personally, I would recommend this book as a family read-aloud to fans of The Moffats,  Aunt Lucy’s Kitchen, or Little Britches, as this book ranges in this genre. 

Maybe you have a second-grader who loves Little House On The Prairie and is looking for their next great read? Look for The House On Maple Street. 

Are you a fifth-grader who's bored of sci-fi and fantasy and who really doesn't need to read Anne Of Green Gables again? Search for The House On Maple Street By Gina Handerhan. 

Are you a mom who wants a clean modern classic for her and her children to read? The House On Maple Street was written for you!  

So what are you still doing here? Get out there and purchase your copy of The House On Maple Street! 

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