Gertie, the Darling Duck of WWII by Shari Swanson Woodcut Memory Game trapping children in cycles of

trapping children in cycles of anxiety and depression

of two New York Times bestsellers

Hester is also the author of Crafting with Mason Jars and other Glass Containers

He lives in Audubon

Gertie, the Darling Duck of WWII by Shari Swanson Woodcut Memory Game trapping children in cycles ofIn 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April morning, a duck searching for a nesting spot lands on a tall post sticking out of the Milwaukee River. Situated near a busy drawbridge and the noisy city of Milwaukee, this was an unlikely, precarious spot for a soon to