“Uncle Bobby’s Wedding,” by Sarah S. Brannen (Penguin Group, $15.99), is the tale of a girl and her favorite uncle.
Uncle Bobby takes Chloe for walks, for rowboat rides on the river and teaches her about the stars. Life is good until the day Mama throws a family picnic and Uncle Bobby announces that he and his friend, Jamie, are getting married. Everyone is excited except Chloe.
She tells her mother, “Bobby is my special uncle. I don’t want him to get married.”
Her wise mother suggests she talk directly to her uncle.
Wisdom must run in the family. First Bobby explains to Chloe that he and Jamie are getting married because they want to live together and have children just like her….
Read the full story by Cheryl King in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette.