The Wednesday Surprise Book

The Wednesday Surprise is a sweet family story that simply warms the heart. Every Wednesday Anna's grandmother comes to the house to watch her while her mother works late and her father is out on the road. Anna and her grandmother spend the evenings reading stories together and planning a special surprise for her father's birthday. Her father's birthday finally arrives and it is time for Anna and her grandmother to reveal their special secret. As the family gathers around Grandma begins to read a book. Mom and Dad and Sam are all astonished. Anna and her grandmother are glowing because their Wednesday surprise has wowed the whole family. Anna taught her grandmother how to read and now she might just read everything in the world!

Leave it to Eve Bunting to get the water works flowing through her heart felt story about family, love, and the beautiful gift of literacy. The illustrations, the plot twist and sweet messages conveyed in this book make it a wonderful story worth sharing with children of all ages.