Button Box

by Barbara McBride-Smith

Mama believed the woman who dies with the most fabric scraps wins. She saved scraps from odd sewing job for neighbors. She saved buttons from old winter coats and birthday dresses. Mama had a button from Daddy's first uniform and another from Grandma's cloth coat and every button in the box came with a story. In her trademark Texas twang, award-winning storyteller Barbara McBride-Smith recounts stories from her family that speak to all of us.

1 pages, Audio CD

First published January 25, 2005

Reviews

[Rayni · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. I've always been fascinated with buttons anyway & it was fun to hear the stories of the author's mother's buttons & I loved the delivery. I looked up the saying, "Lord love a duck." Never heard it before. My mom has some old folksy sayings, too.

11/17/11: We listened to this book again the other day. My mom was having a dry spell from the Talking Book Library, no books she wanted to hear. So, we delved into her personal library & pulled out some favorites. This is one I think she listens to every few months, but I hadn't heard it since last year.

I stated in my first review I looked up "Lord love a duck," but didn't elaborate on it, so I looked it up again, LOL.

"It’s a mild expression of surprise, once well known in Britain and dating from the early twentieth century."

[Odetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. I have a button box of my own.