Book Recommendation -- Water Buffalo Days -- Growing Up in Vietnam

I finished reading Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam aloud the other day, and we all enjoyed it!  Don't bother reading the description on Amazon because it is full of spoilers.  Just read the book.

You and your children will enjoy learning of another man's childhood from another time and in another place (Vietnam).  You will all enjoy the relationship the boy has with the family water buffalo.

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