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It Was What It Was: My Memoir

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It Was What It Was: My MemoirIt Was What It Was is a charming and heartwarming autobiography of life growing up in the idyllic post war era of the South during the 1950s. Relating tales of family, love, self sacrifice, faith, and community, the author recounts life in small town Lavonia, Georgia during an era of rapid social change. From tales of wartime sacrifice, to the Mayberry esque quality of small town life, the booming economic growth in the post war era, the heyday of the

It Was What It Was is a charming and heartwarming autobiography of life growing up in the idyllic post-war era of the South during the 1950Õs. Relating tales of family, love, self-sacrifice, faith, and community, the author recounts life in small-town Lavonia, Georgia during an era of rapid social change. From tales of wartime sacrifice, to the Mayberry-esque quality of small town life, the booming economic growth in the post-war era, the heyday of the teenage social scene in the 1950s, and UFO encounters in the dark secluded countryside, this story has something for everyone. In relating her childhood experiences and teenage years during and after the conclusion of World War II, and ending with her professional contributions in public education, Mrs. ToneyÕs life story is overlaid and interwoven with the history of the small southern town of Lavonia. In doing so, her story is LavoniaÕs story. Beautifully written and conveyed with warmth and much humor, this biography of times gone by is not to be missed!

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Kara D
Waukegan, US
★★★★★ 3
Cute picturization
Format: Board book
Like the picturization really really cute sandpiper babies! You might have to come up with your names for the piper babies as the names given peep and piper don't stand out when narrating the story to kids. But it's a cute book to have.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2026
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Samantha
Grantham, US
★★★★★ 5
Love!
Format: Paperback, Format: Paperback
We got this set for our baby shower and my 4 month old son LOVES them! He coos at every page. The pictures are amazing and I like how each page rhymes and has interesting facts about all the different animals.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2023
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Tiki
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
Must have pre-schooler book on kindness/empathy
Format: Hardcover, Format: Hardcover
This is great because it gives lots of tangible acts of kindness that a toddler/preschooler can understand. It has a feel of preventing bullying by encouraging kindness towards your peers at a young age. It touches upon gratitude and empathy. There is a wonderful range of diversity in skin tones and also includes a child with waking aid & one with a hearing aid. Illustrations are bright and basic. Arms & hands of characters are sort of stiff, so while a previous review implies there is something wrong you would really have to be looking closely and making assumptions to find hands between the waist and knees doing anything wrong.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
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Hol
Natrona Heights, US
★★★★★ 5
Inclusion- without making that the focal point!
Format: Hardcover
This book shows representation for physical disabilities and different skin tones without that being the headliner of the book. It also emphasizes being kind to anyone/ everyone - and not because they are different. Showing children with hearing aids drawing pictures to cheer someone up (with no mention of the disability) or showing a child with assisted walking needs planting seeds at a community garden- These children are not the victims of this book who need kindness, but are thoughtfully included to be spreading kindness to others.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2022
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Kona Mama
Boise, US
★★★★★ 5
This book is worth your time!
Format: Hardcover
Purchased this book because I’m in a Kindergarten classroom and teaching Kindness is so important to me. This book is beautifully illustrated with great art work that invokes questions. So much is going on in each page and children pay attention to it all! This book is worth getting and you will not regret it! I’m so glad I purchased it. I was gonna donate it to the class but I decided to keep it for when my niece and nephew come over to my house to sleepover. Great book!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2022

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