The Foreign Service Journal, November 2012

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2012 53 Linda Socha Jaworski has accompanied her husband, Richard Jaworski, to Foreign Service postings around the world. An elementary school teacher for many years, she began writing in 2005 and routinely teams up with local authors and artists wherever she is posted. She has written a number of children’s books, including a long-running series (see the next entry). She now lives in Ankara, where she teaches third grade at the Bilkent International and Laboratory School. To follow her new projects, go to http://lindasochajaworski.org. Tee’s Treasure-True Forest (Vol. 5) Linda Socha Jaworski, Twinkle Truth Publications, 2011, $6.99, paperback, 17 pages. Tee’s latest adventure in the Lap- landian forests begins when the lights go out among the dense trees. From wise Skatt, a mouse, to Jaska, a smart- talking rock, a fun cast joins child favorites Tee and Heddie for their “what-the-heck-happens- next” kind of day as they avoid pesky hunters and find lovely occasions for hugs and songs. A story of love, magic and friendship, Jaworski’s animal world is a great read for children and parents. A truly “splenderific” bond- ing experience, with its indexed descriptions of a solar eclipse and the Arctic hare, it’s bound to be an educational one, too! See The Seven Fairy Mountains of Cappadoci a (p. 52) fo r Linda Socha Jaworski’s biography. POTPOURRI Gudrun’s Kitchen: Recipes From a Norwegian Family Ingeborg Hydle Baugh, Irene O. Sandvold, Edward O. Sandvold and Quinn E. Sandvold, Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2011, $22.95, paperback, 260 pages. “Gudrun’s was a fruitful life, full of love, family, and friendship, simple pleasures and great food.” GudrunThue Sandvold, a first-generation Norwegian immigrant in America, built her life around family, love and food. This attractive work, one part biography of the Sandvold’s lineage and family history and one part Norwegian cookbook, makes for a deliciously enlightening read on both counts. Gudrun’s children and grandchildren researched and pooled