A review by roseleaf24
The Golden Name Day by Jennie D. Lindquist

4.0

This is such a sweet story. A girl is sent to live with adoptive grandparents in three country while her mother is sick. She falls in love with spring and summer, and ends up on a quest to celebrate her own name day, even though her name, Nancy, is not Swedish and doesn't have a name day that her Swedish family can find. Garth Williams illustrations feel like home and childhood to me, and the book did a wonderful job of showing, not telling, and imparting lots of information about farm life and Swedish customs without being teachy.