New York - Day Two

What an incredible woman! Mary Pope Osborne and the crew at Random House were wonderful and gracious and so good to us. It was clear that Mrs. Osborne was delighted to meet Joshua and he was overwelmed by her. They spent a lot of time pouring over the books Random house had for Joshua. As a special treat her next novel, not yet published was given to Joshua in 8 1/2 by 11 form. He is the first person to read it other than the editoral staff. She signed everything she gave him. As you can see by the pictures she had no trouble getting down and relating to the kids. The close up of Joshua is very neat. If you read the book cover behind him Random house had it printed just for him. The title says Joshua's adventure at RHCB with Mary Pope Osborne. How neat is that! They are shipping everything and I can't wait to get the box and go through it all again. When your life changes little everyday things make so much of a difference. Books matter so much to Josh, when he is tired he reads. When he needs to forget what is real in his life he gets absorbed by a story. Meeting this wonderful woman has really made him feel that he was special and I know he will read even more now. I could not ask for more for my child and I know my other little ones will follow in his footsteps. It is so neat to see them old enough to get caught up in a discussion about the books they are reading. Thank you, Thank you to Mary Pope Osborne for opening her heart to my children. She will always be in my heart for doing that. Also, Thank you to Random House, we had a wonderful breakfast and the desserts were terrific. The children loved being there and there is no greater gift than a book! PS. The last picture is Gordon with Miriam and Rachel and I added that just cause he doesn't get on the floor too much and it was so cute!