The Two Shining Families

By MARY CATHERINE RISHCOFF

On the surface, the story, The Two Shining Families reveals a family carving pumpkins to make a family of glowing jack-o-lanterns. The story depicts the shining of not one, but two families. The human family shines as they work together. The jack-o-lantern family shine their glowing faces, too.
The author communicates the importance of family. Without Dad, Mom, and Toddler working together, there would be no One, two, three jack-o-lanterns. There would be no shining of any kind.
Delving deeper, the reader realizes that the Halloween season is a special time for families to shine be it in celebrating together or in LED lighted faces.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728321264

MARY CATHERINE RISHCOFF

As a child, the author vacationed during the summer months at her Grandpa Pointek's house. Her Grandfather would sit on his porch in the evenings. Often, the author sat with him. They would enjoy the view together. At times, the author played in the cellar of the house where she saw wood cutting tools. One day, she learned that her Grandfather actually built and erected the birdhouse in his yard with these tools. Impressed that her Grandfather constructed his own birdhouses, the author delighted more in watching the birds. In and out the birdhouses! She remembers well.

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