Show & Tell Friday

My Grandma Adrian had only one sister. Her name was Verna. We called her Aunt Verna. Aunt Verna never married and as long as I could remember, she was a missionary nurse to Africa. I'm guessing that Verna loved children because she treated my grandmother's 6 grandchildren as her own.
I remember when I was a little girl, living in New York and Aunt Verna would be home on furlough. It was a very exciting thing when she would come and visit us!! I remember crying and crying when she left. I love her so much.

Aunt Verna was tragically killed in the early 70's. I would have been around 7 0r 8. I love this picture of her with us kids. We loved her and she loved us. This may have been the last time I saw her. Other than being a nurse, the other main memory I have of my Aunt Verna is that she would bring each of us a book when she would come to visit. Now she didn't just bring any old books, she brought special ones. To this day, I have 3 books from her. Two were gifts and the other was given to me after she died.

This book is the story of a little soldier who wins a large battle by making large amounts of his world famous Apple Strudel and shooting them out of cannons. I read this book over and over as a kid.

This book is seriously cute. It was published in England. I think this book may have been given to my brother and sister too but somehow I ended up with it all these years. This is the story of this little bear's day. This was my favorite page in the book. I loved looking at all the stuff in his little house!!

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