I picked up Red Sails to Capri by Anne Weil for this month’s Newbery Through the Decades challenge because I remembered reading favorite reviews of it in the past, likely on homeschooling blogs or message boards. I cannot recall now who said what about it, but it was enough to make me want to … [Read more…]
Welcome to the fourth month of the Newbery Through the Decades Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, please check out this post for more details. April’s decade is the 1950s. These are the eligible titles. If I have already reviewed a title here at Hope Is the Word, I’ve linked to my review. … [Read more…]
It seems to me that this challenge just gets better and better! This month I managed three books: two Moffat books, The Middle Moffat and Rufus M., and Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. I did review The Middle Moffat, but I haven’t had a chance to review Rufus M. or Johnny Tremain. I’ve gone back … [Read more…]
The Middle Moffat by Eleanor Estes is Jane Moffat’s story. It more or less picks up where The Moffats leaves off, only with the focus, again, being not on the family but on Jane, the middle Moffat. she is the third child (and hence not the first–that would be Sylvie; and not the first son–that … [Read more…]
Welcome to the third month of the Newbery Through the Decades Challenge! If you’re new to the challenge, please check out this post for more details. March’s decade is the 1940s. These are the eligible titles. If I have already reviewed a title here at Hope Is the Word, I’ve linked to my review. … [Read more…]
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