A review by mjsteimle
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

5.0

I read this library book in a day and then promptly got on Amazon and ordered a copy to keep on my bookshelf. This is one of those books that I'll want to read every year. Amy has such a talent for enjoying the moment, for connecting with people. This book is a smattering of thoughts and ideas. There are poems and pictures and interactive portions in which you can text a message or upload a picture. The title Textbook is, in part, a literal description: a book that instructs you to text. One of the things that makes this book so powerful is that Amy died shortly after it was published. She may have even had her cancer diagnosis while she was writing (I'm not sure). To me this makes her messages of noticing things around you and finding joy in the simple, everyday things in life even more poignant.